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Simulated water-quality changes in detention basins

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Abstract

A study has begun to simulate movement of stormflow through detention basins at four locations in the Irondequoit Creek watershed and determine the effect on peak flow and water quality. Two types of basins were simulated for each site - a temporary-storage basin, which impounds water during high flows, and a maximum-storage basin, which maintains a permanent pool of water. This paper describes the simulated stormflow attenuation and suspended-sediment removal by both types of basins at the four sites. It also examines the effect of particle-size distribution on sediment removal in both types of basins; the relation of suspended-sediment loads to adsorbed phosphorus, lead, and zinc loads; and the effect that these basins could have on the transport of suspended constituents to Irondequoit Bay, to which Irondequoit Creek is the only large tributary.
Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Simulated water-quality changes in detention basins
ISBN 0872626954
Year Published 1989
Language English
Publisher Publ by ASCE
Publisher location New York, NY, United States
First page 268
Last page 279
Conference Title Proceedings of an Engineering Foundation Conference on Current Practice and Design Criteria for Urban Quality Control
Conference Location Potosi, MO, USA
Conference Date 10 July 1988 through 15 July 1988
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