Article
Environmental Sciences
Maria Elisa Leite Costa, Daniela Junqueira Carvalho, Sergio Koide
Summary: Urban stormwater runoff is a significant source of pollution in receiving water bodies, requiring monitoring studies to deal with its impacts. High urban growth rates in Brasilia have led to substantial impacts on urban water resources, with diffuse pollution generated by new unregulated urban developments.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Kayla M. Hess, James S. Sinclair, Alexander J. Reisinger, Eban Z. Bean, Basil V. Iannone
Summary: This study evaluated the effectiveness of detention ponds in mitigating the impacts of urban stormwater runoff on downstream waterbodies. The findings suggest the need to improve detention pond efficiency or identify alternative strategies for protecting waterbodies from the effects of urbanization.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kelly L. Smalling, Sara E. Breitmeyer, John F. Bunnell, Kim J. Laidig, Patrick M. Burritt, Marilyn C. Sobel, Jonathan A. Cohl, Michelle L. Hladik, Kristin M. Romanok, Paul M. Bradley
Summary: This study compared and analyzed the ecological functions and integrity of natural ponds, excavated ponds, and stormwater basins in the New Jersey Pinelands, finding similar abiotic and biotic wetland variables between natural and excavated ponds, with notable differences between the ponds and stormwater basins.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Robert J. Hawley, Kathryn Russell, Kristine Taniguchi-Quan
Summary: Stream channel erosion is a common problem in urban watersheds due to conventional stormwater management practices. Hydrologic-based restoration seeks to replicate natural flow conditions, but the success of these interventions in promoting geomorphic recovery depends on their ability to reduce sediment transport capacity. This paper compiles five years of data from three different settings to demonstrate how erosion potential can elucidate the role of stormwater interventions in facilitating geomorphic recovery.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jenifer K. McIntyre, Jasmine Prat, James Cameron, Jillian Wetzel, Emma Mudrock, Katherine T. Peter, Zhenyu Tian, Cailin Mackenzie, Jessica Lundin, John D. Stark, Kennith King, Jay W. Davis, Edward P. Kolodziej, Nathaniel L. Scholz
Summary: The study reveals that tire tread wear particles (TWP) in the developed U.S. Pacific Northwest cause acute mortality of adult coho salmon, with closely related chum salmon showing a different response. Adult coho salmon exhibit acute lethal responses to TWP leachate similar to roadway runoff, displaying similar behaviors and blood changes. These findings confirm that environmentally relevant TWP exposures lead to acute mortalities in a key aquatic species.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rachel A. Brewton, Lisa B. Kreiger, Kevin N. Tyre, Diana Baladi, Lynn E. Wilking, Laura W. Herren, Brian E. Lapointe
Summary: As the population in Southwest Florida increases, water quality has deteriorated, leading to a higher occurrence of harmful algal blooms (HABs). These HABs are mainly caused by red tides originating offshore and blue-green algae originating in Lake Okeechobee, potentially intensified by anthropogenic nitrogen and phosphorus inputs from adjacent watersheds. In the heavily developed city of North Fort Myers, septic system effluent contaminates groundwater and surface water, negatively impacting water quality and contributing to the maintenance and intensification of downstream HABs.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Lindsay M. Skovira, Patrick J. Bohlen
Summary: This study investigated the distribution of stormwater ponds and the dissolved nutrient concentrations in these ponds in relation to different land uses in a rapidly developing suburban watershed. The results showed that different land uses had varying impacts on water quality, with more intense chemical use related to higher nutrient concentrations and lower water clarity. These findings highlight the importance of considering both surface runoff and management practices in understanding nutrient concentrations in stormwater ponds.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Haishun Xu, Tongxin Zhong, Yugang Chen, Jinguang Zhang
Summary: Climate change, urbanization, and green stormwater infrastructure planning policies create uncertainties in future urban sustainability. This study proposes a framework for simulating future urban stormwater scenarios by considering multiple factors. The study compares and analyzes changes in surface runoff and runoff pollutants in Shanghai's new and old urban areas under different scenarios. The findings highlight the importance of considering the characteristics of different urban regions, maintaining and managing green stormwater infrastructure, and developing adaptive strategies to cope with climate change, urbanization, and infrastructure destruction.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Stephen Stajkowski, Esmee Hotson, Marko Zorica, Hani Farghaly, Hossein Bonakdari, Ed McBean, Bahram Gharabaghi
Summary: Discharges of warm water from shallow stormwater management ponds during summer months into receiving headwater streams pose a risk to aquatic ecosystems. This research introduces a user-friendly and more accurate machine learning method to predict thermal profiles in stormwater ponds and the pond outlet discharge temperature to the receiving streams. The methods presented in this study can be used to support improved stormwater management pond design guidelines.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ana Raquel Calapez, Sonia R. Q. Serra, Andreia Mortagua, Salome F. P. Almeida, Maria Joao Feio
Summary: River and stream ecosystems in cities play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and providing ecosystem services to urban populations. However, the impacts of urbanization on biodiversity and ecosystem services are not well understood. This study aims to investigate the relationships between aquatic biodiversity, urbanization, and ecosystem services provided by urban streams.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Water Resources
Takele Sambeto Bibi
Summary: This study focuses on the impacts of landuse and climate changes on peak runoff and flooding volumes, and evaluates the effectiveness of low-impact development. The results show that both landuse change and climate change have significant effects on flooding, and the existing drainage system is insufficient.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Daniel C. Trovillion, Erin L. Sauer, Gabrielle Shay, Erin R. Crone, Daniel L. Preston
Summary: Urbanization has various impacts on local richness and community composition. Connectivity reduction and land cover change can lead to loss of native specialist taxa and decrease alpha diversity. However, if urbanization facilitates nonnative species introductions and generalist taxa, alpha diversity may remain unchanged or increase, while beta diversity could decline due to community structure homogenization.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Remote Sensing
Shan Wei, Yinyi Lin, Luoma Wan, Guanghui Lin, Yuanzhi Zhang, Hongsheng Zhang
Summary: This study found that conservation policies in nature reserves have significantly contributed to mangrove conservation in China, and the impact of urbanization on the spatial extent of mangrove forests weakened gradually outside nature reserves from 1973 to 2015, suggesting that urbanization does not necessarily lead to mangrove loss in recent decades.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2021)
Article
Water Resources
Gerhard Schoener
Summary: This study evaluated the impacts of urbanization and stormwater infrastructure on ephemeral channel transmission loss (TL), an important source of groundwater recharge in dryland basins. The results showed that both runoff and TL increased with urbanization, while stormwater detention ponds had minimal impact on TL. Lining the ephemeral streams reduced TL significantly.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rohan D. Simkin, Karen C. Seto, Robert McDonald, Walter Jetz
Summary: Urban land expansion is a significant driver of habitat and biodiversity loss, particularly in developing tropical regions. Strategies should be implemented to minimize the impacts of urban land and strengthen global biodiversity protection.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kathryn L. Russell, Geoff J. Vietz, Tim D. Fletcher
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Geography, Physical
Kathryn L. Russell, Geoff J. Vietz, Tim D. Fletcher
PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY-EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Joerg Werdin, Tim D. Fletcher, John P. Rayner, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Claire Farrell
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Water Resources
J. L. Webber, T. D. Fletcher, L. Cunningham, G. Fu, D. Butler, M. J. Burns
URBAN WATER JOURNAL
(2020)
Article
Soil Science
Amir Behroozi, Meenakshi Arora, Tim D. Fletcher, Andrew W. Western
Article
Water Resources
Jeremie Bonneau, Tim D. Fletcher, Justin F. Costelloe, Peter J. Poelsma, Robert B. James, Matthew J. Burns
URBAN WATER JOURNAL
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jasmine K. Thom, Christopher Szota, Andrew M. Coutts, Tim D. Fletcher, Stephen J. Livesley
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wei D. Xu, Tim D. Fletcher, Matthew J. Burns, Frederic Cherqui
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2020)
Review
Water Resources
Wei D. Xu, Matthew J. Burns, Frederic Cherqui, Tim D. Fletcher
Summary: Real-Time Control (RTC) technology has the potential to improve the performance of Stormwater Control Measures (SCMs) and enhance urban water management efficiency. However, new regulatory environments, governance, and business models are critical for facilitating widespread implementation.
URBAN WATER JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jeremie Bonneau, Gislain Lipeme Kouyi, Laurent Lassabatere, Tim D. Fletcher
Summary: Bioretention systems are widely used globally to mitigate urban stormwater runoff impacts, and accurate modeling of physical processes within these systems is crucial. A generic model was developed and tested, showing good performance in replicating underdrain outflow rates but discrepancies in simulating water levels within the bioretention basin.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wei D. Xu, Matthew J. Burns, Frederic Cherqui, Kate Smith-Miles, Tim D. Fletcher
Summary: This study aimed to design an optimization-based real-time control strategy for coordinating the operation of multiple rainwater harvesting storages. The results showed that coordinated control achieved better baseflow restoration while maintaining water supply and flood protection performance.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jasmine K. Thom, Tim D. Fletcher, Stephen J. Livesley, Vaughn Grey, Christopher Szota
Summary: Passive irrigation systems that use stormwater runoff can significantly increase initial tree growth, enhance transpiration, and reduce drought stress.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Christopher J. Walsh, Moss Imberger, Matthew J. Burns, Darren G. Bos, Tim D. Fletcher
Summary: The traditional urban drainage degrades receiving waters. Alternative approaches, such as dispersed stormwater control measures (SCMs), have potential to protect downstream waters. A catchment-scale experiment was conducted over 19 years to assess the effect of SCMs on stream water quality. The results show that SCMs can reduce phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations, as well as summer temperature, in dry weather. However, their effectiveness is influenced by antecedent rain. SCMs have no effect on suspended solids concentrations, but they increase the contribution of groundwater to baseflows. This experiment strengthens the inference that urban stormwater drainage increases contaminant concentrations in streams and demonstrates that such impacts are reversible and likely preventable.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Management
Yi Zhen, Kate Smith-Miles, Tim D. Fletcher, Matthew J. Burns, Rhys A. Coleman
Summary: Increased population growth and urbanization have posed challenges to urban water systems. This paper proposes a multi-objective optimization strategy using mathematical programming to control a network of rainwater storages, which can reduce flooding and improve biodiversity outcomes.
EURO JOURNAL ON DECISION PROCESSES
(2023)
Correction
Geography, Physical
K. L. Russell, G. J. Vietz, T. D. Fletcher
PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY-EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT
(2020)