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John Bryan Ellis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • sustainable Surface Water Management and green infrastructure in uk urban catchment planning
    Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2013
    Co-Authors: John Bryan Ellis
    Abstract:

    Based on the analysis of impervious Surface cover and Water balance studies, it is argued that conventional, separately-sewered first-generation and alternative second-generation sustainable drainage systems (SUDS) cannot provide a fully sustainable Surface Water Management approach for urban catchment planning. An extended approach based on the introduction of micro-and meso-vegetative SUDS systems into a wider green infrastructure (GI) framework is advocated to effectively address on-site and catchment urban Surface Water issues. The approach is based on the integrated planning implementation of street ‘greening’, with optimisation of existing biofiltration SUDS solutions, together with green roofs, downspout disconnection and sub-catchment riparian corridors to achieve a minimum 25--30% canopy cover level. A ‘leaf-out’ inventory procedure using GIS and satellite imagery can be employed to assess potential vegetative SUDS locations and types, and their likely impact upon the urban Water cycle and receiving Water health. However, there is a need to ensure that GI elements are incorporated into planning approaches and protocols for urban drainage infrastructure provision.

Colin A. Booth - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Sustainable Surface Water Management
    2017
    Co-Authors: Susanne M. Charlesworth, Colin A. Booth
    Abstract:

    Sustainable Surface Water Management : , Sustainable Surface Water Management : , کتابخانه دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات درمانی بوشهر

  • Sustainable Surface Water Management: A Handbook for SuDS - Sustainable Surface Water Management: A handbook for SuDS
    2016
    Co-Authors: Susanne M. Charlesworth, Colin A. Booth
    Abstract:

    This book emphasises the SuDS philosophy and elaborates the sustainable Surface Water Management agenda with a wealth of insights that are brought together through the experts who have contributed. By integrating physical and environmental sciences, and combining social, economic and political considerations, the book provides a unique resource of interest to a wide range of policy specialists, scientists, engineers and subject enthusiasts. The book comprises seven sections, which are collated into twenty–nine chapters. Section 1 provides a primer to the book and offers an initial background into Surface Water Management issues and challenges (Chapter 1). Section 2 places sustainable Surface Water Management in context, through its historical context, contemporary Surface Water strategy, policy and legislation, operations and maintenance (Chapters 2–4). Section 3 utilises the facets of the functions of sustainable drainage systems, to explore quantity and quality issues, together with biodegradation and geosynthetics, biodiversity and amenity, (Chapters 5–11). Section 4 attempts to untangle the complex relationship of the multiple benefits of Surface Water Management, through natural floodWater Management, energy generation and reduction, carbon sequestration and storage, plus the use of rainWater harvesting as a Water saving device and its use in ecosystem services (Chapters 12–16). Section 5 announces the implementation of integrating sustainable Surface Water Management into the built environment, through an interesting scrutiny of the cost benefits that can be derived, the possibility of sustainable drainage retrofit and conversion opportunities, and their use in the landscapes of motorway service areas, alongside human attitudes and behaviours towards sustainable drainage systems (Chapters 17–21). Section 6 contextualises global Surface Water Management, through the use of examples from Brazil, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA, amongst others (Chapters 22–28). Section 7 congregates various aspects detailed in the earlier chapters by offering a summary of the book and propositioning many insights of the teachings that can be learnt for the future of sustainable Surface Water Management (Chapter 29).

  • Sustainable Surface Water Management - Contemporary landscapes and buildings of motorway service areas
    Sustainable Surface Water Management, 2016
    Co-Authors: Colin A. Booth, Anne–marie. Mclaughlin
    Abstract:

    Motorway Service Areas (MSAs) or Highway Rest Areas provide an essential 24–hour, 365–day service for road traffic users, presenting them with somewhere to rest, relax and recharge. The range of provisions MSAs offer, such as truck and car parking, toilets, food outlets, shops, picnic areas and refuelling stations, is similar in most countries (e.g. Evgenikos and Strogyloudis, 2006). However, public expectations and standards of MSAs vary between nations (Tunusa, 2015), with Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Spain reported to have the best rated MSAs in Europe (The AA Motoring Trust, 2004). Most modern architecture and new infrastructure developments are now designed and built to be more sustainable standards than their predecessors (Beddoes and Booth, 2012; Khatib, 2012). Buildings have previously been built and used as a wasteful enterprise of a throwaway society. With greater awareness of environmental issues and the impacts caused by the built environment (Lamond et al., 2011; Booth et al., 2012), sustainable buildings, sustainable businesses and sustainable behaviours are becoming commonplace (Baird, 2010; Martin and Thompson, 2010; Crocker and Lehmann, 2013). These types of expectations and standards now extend to modern–day MSAs. This chapter describes a recent shift in the archetype of contemporary MSAs in the UK, towards sustainability–driven businesses, operating in eco–designed buildings that give greater consideration to the natural environment and attention to sustainable drainage as a site precedence.

Lian Lundy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • implementing sustainable drainage systems for urban Surface Water Management within the regulatory framework in england and wales
    Journal of Environmental Management, 2016
    Co-Authors: Bryan J Ellis, Lian Lundy
    Abstract:

    The UK 2007 floods resulted in damages estimated to exceed over £4 billion. This triggered a national review of strategic flood risk Management (Pitt, 2008) with its recommendations informing and implemented by the Flood and Water Management, Act (FWMA, 2010). Estimating that up to two-thirds of properties flooded in the 2007 event as a direct result of overloaded sewer systems, the FWMA set out an ambitious overhaul of flood risk Management approaches including identifying bodies responsible for the Management of local flood risk (local municipalities) and the development of over-arching Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) at a regional level. LLFAs duties include developing local flood risk Management strategies and, aligned with this, many LLFAs and local municipalities produced sustainable drainage system (SUDS) guidance notes. In parallel, changes to the national planning policy framework (NPPF) in England give priority to the use of SUDS in new major developments, as does the related Town and Country Planning Order (2015). However, whilst all three pieces of legislation refer to the preferential use of SUDs, these requirements remain “economically proportionate” and thus the inclusion of SUDS within development controls remain desirable - but not mandatory - obligations. Within this dynamic policy context, reignited most recently by the December 2015 floods, this paper examines some of the challenges to the implementation of SUDS in England and Wales posed by the new regulatory frameworks. In particular, it examines how emerging organisational procedures and processes are likely to impact on future SUDS implementation, and highlights the need for further cross-sectoral working to ensure opportunities for cross-sectoral benefits– such as that accrued by reducing stormWater flows within combined sewer systems for Water companies, property developers and environmental protection – are not lost.

  • Research summary. A critical review Of urban diffuse pollution control: methodologies to identify sources, pathways and mitigation measures with multiple benefits. CRW2012/1.
    2013
    Co-Authors: Rebecca Wade, Lian Lundy, Fiona M. Fordyce, Neil Berwick, Chris Jeffries, Solveigh Lass-evans, Brighid E. O Dochartaigh, E. Garcia-haba
    Abstract:

    The main aim of this research was to inform the development of policy to support implementation of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act (2009). Surface Water Management in urban areas is increasingly important in policy areas concerned with flooding and pollution, in addition to these policy areas benefits can be realised in health and well-being (through green space provision or improvement), in traffic Management, in operation and maintenance delivery (and cost savings) for urban areas, and in biodiversity and climate change planning. Therefore to support guidance on Surface Water Management there is a need to: 1. Develop integrated tools that are relevant to understanding sources, pathways and mitigation of diffuse contaminants. 2. Critically assess which methods best identify sources and pathways for a given urban environment and/or readily available information. 3. Identify mitigation strategies, from source to end-of-pipe that meet the twin challenge of diffuse pollution prevention and multiple benefits in terms of cost, energy and Water sustainability.

Yuncong Li - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • simulating Water table response to proposed changes in Surface Water Management in the c 111 agricultural basin of south florida
    Agricultural Water Management, 2014
    Co-Authors: Isaya Kisekka, Kati W Migliaccio, Rafael Munozcarpena, Bruce Schaffer, Treavor H Boyer, Yuncong Li
    Abstract:

    As part of an effort to restore the hydrology of Everglades National Park (ENP), incremental raises in canal stage are proposed along a major canal draining south Florida called C-111, which separates ENP from agricultural lands. The study purpose was to use monitoring and modeling to investigate the effect of the proposed incremental raises in canal stage on Water table elevation in agricultural lands. The objectives were to: (1) develop a MODFLOW based model for simulating groundWater flow within the study area, (2) apply the developed model to determine if the proposed changes in canal stage result in significant changes in Water table elevation, root zone saturation or groundWater flooding and (3) assess aquifer response to large rainfall events. Results indicate the developed model was able to reproduce measured Water table elevation with an average Nash–Sutcliffe >0.9 and Root Mean Square Error 2 year return period storm), reduced Water table intrusion into the root zone. We conclude that the impact of operational changes in canal stage Management on root zone saturation and groundWater flooding depended on micro-topography within the field and depth of storm events. The findings of this study can be used in fine tuning canal stage operations to minimize root zone saturation and groundWater flooding of agricultural fields while maximizing environmental benefits through increased Water flow in the natural wetland areas. This study also highlights the benefit of detailed field scale simulations.

  • dynamic factor analysis of Surface Water Management impacts on soil and bedrock Water contents in southern florida lowlands
    Journal of Hydrology, 2013
    Co-Authors: Isaya Kisekka, Kati W Migliaccio, Rafael Munozcarpena, Bruce Schaffer, Yuncong Li
    Abstract:

    Summary As part of the C111 spreader canal project, structural and operational modifications involving incremental raises in canal stage are planned along one of the major canals (i.e., C111) separating Everglades National Park and agricultural production areas to the east of the park. This study used Dynamic Factor Analysis (DFA) as an alternative tool to physically based models to explore the relationship between different hydrologic variables and the effect of proposed changes in Surface Water Management on soil and bedrock Water contents in south Florida. To achieve the goal, objectives were to: (1) use DFA to identify the most important factors affecting temporal variation in soil and bedrock Water contents, (2) develop a simplified DFA based regression model for predicting soil and bedrock Water contents as a function of canal stage and (3) assess the effect of the proposed incremental raises in canal stage on soil and bedrock Water contents. DFA revealed that five common trends were the minimum required to describe unexplained variation in the 11 time series studied. Introducing canal stage, Water table evaporation and net recharge resulted in lower Akaike information criterion (AIC) and higher Nash–Sutcliffe ( C eff ) values. Results indicated that canal stage significantly ( t  > 2) drives temporal variation in soil and bedrock Water contents, which was represented as scaled frequency while net Surface recharge was significant in seven out of the 11 time series analyzed. The effect of Water table evaporation was not significant at all sites. Results also indicated that the most important factor influencing temporal variation in soil and bedrock Water contents in terms of regression coefficient magnitude was canal stage. Based on DFA results, a simple regression model was developed to predict soil and bedrock Water contents at various elevations as a function of canal stage and net recharge. The performance of the simple model ranged from good ( C eff ranging from 0.56 to 0.74) to poor ( C eff ranging from 0.10 to 0.15), performance was better at sites with smaller depths to Water table (

Isaya Kisekka - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • simulating Water table response to proposed changes in Surface Water Management in the c 111 agricultural basin of south florida
    Agricultural Water Management, 2014
    Co-Authors: Isaya Kisekka, Kati W Migliaccio, Rafael Munozcarpena, Bruce Schaffer, Treavor H Boyer, Yuncong Li
    Abstract:

    As part of an effort to restore the hydrology of Everglades National Park (ENP), incremental raises in canal stage are proposed along a major canal draining south Florida called C-111, which separates ENP from agricultural lands. The study purpose was to use monitoring and modeling to investigate the effect of the proposed incremental raises in canal stage on Water table elevation in agricultural lands. The objectives were to: (1) develop a MODFLOW based model for simulating groundWater flow within the study area, (2) apply the developed model to determine if the proposed changes in canal stage result in significant changes in Water table elevation, root zone saturation or groundWater flooding and (3) assess aquifer response to large rainfall events. Results indicate the developed model was able to reproduce measured Water table elevation with an average Nash–Sutcliffe >0.9 and Root Mean Square Error 2 year return period storm), reduced Water table intrusion into the root zone. We conclude that the impact of operational changes in canal stage Management on root zone saturation and groundWater flooding depended on micro-topography within the field and depth of storm events. The findings of this study can be used in fine tuning canal stage operations to minimize root zone saturation and groundWater flooding of agricultural fields while maximizing environmental benefits through increased Water flow in the natural wetland areas. This study also highlights the benefit of detailed field scale simulations.

  • dynamic factor analysis of Surface Water Management impacts on soil and bedrock Water contents in southern florida lowlands
    Journal of Hydrology, 2013
    Co-Authors: Isaya Kisekka, Kati W Migliaccio, Rafael Munozcarpena, Bruce Schaffer, Yuncong Li
    Abstract:

    Summary As part of the C111 spreader canal project, structural and operational modifications involving incremental raises in canal stage are planned along one of the major canals (i.e., C111) separating Everglades National Park and agricultural production areas to the east of the park. This study used Dynamic Factor Analysis (DFA) as an alternative tool to physically based models to explore the relationship between different hydrologic variables and the effect of proposed changes in Surface Water Management on soil and bedrock Water contents in south Florida. To achieve the goal, objectives were to: (1) use DFA to identify the most important factors affecting temporal variation in soil and bedrock Water contents, (2) develop a simplified DFA based regression model for predicting soil and bedrock Water contents as a function of canal stage and (3) assess the effect of the proposed incremental raises in canal stage on soil and bedrock Water contents. DFA revealed that five common trends were the minimum required to describe unexplained variation in the 11 time series studied. Introducing canal stage, Water table evaporation and net recharge resulted in lower Akaike information criterion (AIC) and higher Nash–Sutcliffe ( C eff ) values. Results indicated that canal stage significantly ( t  > 2) drives temporal variation in soil and bedrock Water contents, which was represented as scaled frequency while net Surface recharge was significant in seven out of the 11 time series analyzed. The effect of Water table evaporation was not significant at all sites. Results also indicated that the most important factor influencing temporal variation in soil and bedrock Water contents in terms of regression coefficient magnitude was canal stage. Based on DFA results, a simple regression model was developed to predict soil and bedrock Water contents at various elevations as a function of canal stage and net recharge. The performance of the simple model ranged from good ( C eff ranging from 0.56 to 0.74) to poor ( C eff ranging from 0.10 to 0.15), performance was better at sites with smaller depths to Water table (