Conventional and amended bioretention soil media for targeted pollutant treatment: A critical review to guide the state of the practice

RA Tirpak, ARMN Afrooz, RJ Winston, R Valenca… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioretention systems are widely used green infrastructure elements that utilize engineered
bioretention soil media (BSM) for stormwater capture and treatment. Conventional …

Plenty of room for carbon on the ground: Potential applications of biochar for stormwater treatment

SK Mohanty, R Valenca, AW Berger, KM Iris… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Low impact development (LID) systems are increasingly used to manage stormwater, but
they have limited capacity to treat stormwater—a resource to supplement existing water …

Biochar-based bioretention systems for removal of chemical and microbial pollutants from stormwater: A critical review

BK Biswal, K Vijayaraghavan, DL Tsen-Tieng… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has been increasingly used as a filter medium in engineered low impact
development systems (eg, bioretention systems) for decontamination of urban stormwater …

Biochar-augmented biofilters to improve pollutant removal from stormwater–can they improve receiving water quality?

AB Boehm, CD Bell, NJM Fitzgerald, E Gallo… - … : Water Research & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Stormwater biofilters are being implemented widely in urban environments to provide green
space, alleviate flooding, and improve stormwater quality. However, biofilters with …

A critical review of contaminant removal by conventional and emerging media for urban stormwater treatment in the United States

FEK Okaikue-Woodi, K Cherukumilli, JR Ray - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Stormwater is a major component of the urban water cycle contributing to street flooding and
high runoff volumes in urban areas, and elevated contaminant concentrations in receiving …

Efficacy of biochar to remove Escherichia coli from stormwater under steady and intermittent flow

SK Mohanty, KB Cantrell, KL Nelson, AB Boehm - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Biofilters, designed to facilitate the infiltration of stormwater into soil, are generally ineffective
in removing bacteria from stormwater, thereby causing pollution of groundwater and …

Surface-modified biochar in a bioretention system for Escherichia coli removal from stormwater

AYT Lau, DCW Tsang, NJD Graham, YS Ok, X Yang… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Bioretention systems have been recommended as one of the best management practices for
low impact development for water recycling/reuse systems. Although improvement of the …

Water treatment residual: A critical review of its applications on pollutant removal from stormwater runoff and future perspectives

D Xu, LY Lee, FY Lim, Z Lyu, H Zhu, SL Ong… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, many studies have been conducted on using different filter media in
bioretention systems for stormwater runoff treatment. This critical review paper provides a …

Biochar amendment of stormwater bioretention systems for nitrogen and Escherichia coli removal: Effect of hydraulic loading rates and antecedent dry periods

MYA Rahman, MH Nachabe, SJ Ergas - Bioresource Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Bioretention systems improve stormwater infiltration and water quality; however, limited total
nitrogen (TN) and fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) removal is observed in sand-based …

[HTML][HTML] Urban stormwater green infrastructure: Evaluating the public health service role of bioretention using microbial source tracking and bacterial community …

E Lancaster, R Winston, J Martin, J Lee - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Bioretention cells (BRCs) control stormwater flow on-site during precipitation, reducing
runoff and improving water quality through chemical, physical, and biological processes …