Effectiveness of three best management practices for highway-runoff quality along the Southeast Expressway, Boston, Massachusetts

The goals of this work are to estimate the amount of erosion and to evaluate the impacts of sediments on Best Management Practices (BMPs) for highway runoff and also used to estimate the annual erosion and sediment yield from the construction sites considering various erosion control management methods that might be used in the sites. Once the sediment yield is found, a model was designed to estimate the sediment capture efficiency of different Best Management Practices (BMPs) and to evaluate the service year of each BMP before it is filled with sediment. The two major objectives of this project are: to predict sediment yield from highway construction sites under different erosion management conditions and secondly to estimate the service year of sediment control BMPs treating runoff from highway construction sites. The BMPs selected for evaluation were: detention ponds, infiltration trenches, grass lined swales, grass lined swales with rock check dams, and bio retention areas. Each respective BMP requires different measures of efficiency to accurately assess its effectiveness and service year.

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Urban drainage and highway runoff in cold climates: conference overview

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2003.0479 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 48 (9) ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

M. Viklander ◽

J. Marsalek ◽

P.-A. Malmquist ◽

W.E. Watt

Keyword(s):

Best Management Practices ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Management Practices ◽

Urban Runoff ◽

Urban Drainage ◽

Cold Climates ◽

Best Management ◽

Winter Runoff ◽

Winter Operation ◽

Runoff Quality

This overview of research findings presented at the conference on urban drainage and highway runoff in cold climates starts with generation of urban runoff and snowmelt, followed by snowmelt and winter runoff quality, best management practices for urban snowmelt and winter runoff, and snow management in urban areas. Research on the urban hydrological cycle is lagging behind the needs in this field, particularly in terms of data availability. The current studies of winter urban runoff quality focus on road salts in the urban environment and their environmental effects. The needs for better source controls in salt applications, improved management of chloride-laden runoff, and selective adoption of environmentally safer alternative de-icers were reported. Adaptation of the conventional stormwater best management practices (BMPs) for winter operation remains a challenge. The first step in refining the existing BMPs for winter operation is to advance the understanding of their operation, as reported for some cases at the conference. Finally, snow management in urban areas may require local storage of fresh (unpolluted) snow and disposal of more polluted snow at central snow disposal sites.

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Evaluation of four structural best management practices for highway runoff in Beaufort and Colleton Counties, South Carolina, 2005–2006

Scientific Investigations Report ◽

10.3133/sir20085150 ◽

2008 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kevin J. Conlon ◽

Celeste A. Journey

Keyword(s):

South Carolina ◽

Best Management Practices ◽

Management Practices ◽

Highway Runoff ◽

Best Management

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Life cycle optimisation for highway best management practices

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2006.606 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 54 (6-7) ◽

pp. 477-484 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J.G. Lee ◽

J.P. Heaney ◽

D.N. Rapp ◽

C.A. Pack

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Best Management Practices ◽

Management Practices ◽

Cycle Performance ◽

Point Source Pollution ◽

Highway Runoff ◽

Continuous Simulation ◽

Best Management ◽

Simulation Optimisation ◽

Highway Drainage

Highway runoff can cause a number of water quantity and quality problems. Stormwater management systems for highways have been developed based on a fast drainage for large storm situations. Non-point source pollution from highway runoff is a growing water quality concern. Stormwater quality control needs to be integrated into highway drainage design and operation to reduce the stormwater impacts on the receiving water. A continuous simulation/optimisation model for analysing integrated highway best management practices (BMPs) is presented. This model can evaluate the life cycle performance of infiltration and/or storage oriented highway BMPs. It can be directly integrated with spreadsheet optimisation tools to find the least cost options for implementing BMPs throughout a specified life cycle.

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