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Stormwater infiltration trenches: a conceptual modelling approach.

Gabriele Freni¹, Giorgio Mannina, Gaspare Viviani

¹Dipartimento di Ingegneria Idraulica ed Applicazioni Ambientali, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 90128, Palermo, Italy. freni@idra.unipa.it

Water Science and Technology : a Journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research

|July 10, 2009

Summary

Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) offer natural stormwater management. This study presents a new model to assess infiltration trenches, crucial for reducing urban runoff pollution and considering clogging effects.

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Area of Science:

Environmental Engineering
Hydrology
Urban Planning

Background:

Traditional urban drainage systems face limitations in managing stormwater.
Best Management Practices (BMPs) and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) are emerging as natural alternatives.
SuDS include infiltration and storage to reduce peak flow and pollutant loads.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a simplified conceptual model for simulating infiltration trenches.
To assess the performance and mitigation efficiency of infiltration trenches in urban drainage.
To account for performance reduction in infiltration structures due to clogging.

Main Methods:

Development of a simplified conceptual model for infiltration trenches.
Comparison of the proposed model with other simplified and physically based models.
Long-term simulation using six years of rainfall data.

Main Results:

The proposed model accurately simulates infiltration trench performance, including clogging effects.
The model outperformed other simplified approaches in both unclogged and clogged scenarios.
Clogging significantly impacts the long-term performance of infiltration trenches.

Conclusions:

The developed model is effective for assessing infiltration trench mitigation efficiency in integrated urban drainage.
Understanding and modeling clogging is essential for the reliable performance of SuDS.
Infiltration trenches play a vital role in sustainable urban stormwater management.