Stormwater sand filters in water-sensitive urban design

Kandasamy, J; Beecham, S; Dunphy, A

Stormwater sand filters in water-sensitive urban design

Kandasamy, J Beecham, S Dunphy, A

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Citation:: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management, 2008, 161 (2), pp. 55 - 64
Issue Date:: 2008-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Kandasamy, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Beecham, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dunphy, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2008-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management, 2008, 161 (2), pp. 55 - 64	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1741-7589	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12817
dc.description.abstract	This paper investigates the suitability of sand filters for harvesting and treating stormwater for non-potable reuse purposes. A stormwater sand filtration device was constructed in a small urban catchment in Sydney, Australia. A sand filter is typically used in water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) as a component of a treatment train to remove pollution from stormwater before discharge to receiving waters, to groundwater or for collection and reuse. This paper describes an 18 month field study undertaken to determine the effectiveness and pollutant removal efficiency of a sand filter, and the differences in the pollutant removal efficiency of two grades of sand. A comparison of pollutant removal with previous literature on sand filters showed similar efficiencies but nutrient removal was higher than expected. A further unexpected result was that the coarse filter media performed as well as the fine media for most pollutant types and was superior in suspended solids removal. Improved modelling equations for predicting suspended solids and total phosphorus removal in sand filters are also presented in this paper.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1680/wama.2008.161.2.55	en_US
dc.title	Stormwater sand filters in water-sensitive urban design	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	161	en_US
utslib.for	0905 Civil Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0907 Environmental Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	ISI:000254065900002	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	161	en_US

Abstract:

This paper investigates the suitability of sand filters for harvesting and treating stormwater for non-potable reuse purposes. A stormwater sand filtration device was constructed in a small urban catchment in Sydney, Australia. A sand filter is typically used in water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) as a component of a treatment train to remove pollution from stormwater before discharge to receiving waters, to groundwater or for collection and reuse. This paper describes an 18 month field study undertaken to determine the effectiveness and pollutant removal efficiency of a sand filter, and the differences in the pollutant removal efficiency of two grades of sand. A comparison of pollutant removal with previous literature on sand filters showed similar efficiencies but nutrient removal was higher than expected. A further unexpected result was that the coarse filter media performed as well as the fine media for most pollutant types and was superior in suspended solids removal. Improved modelling equations for predicting suspended solids and total phosphorus removal in sand filters are also presented in this paper.

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