Load-detention efficiencies in a dry-pond basin
By: Larry M. Pope and Larry G. Hess
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Abstract
Inflow and outflow to a dry-pond detention basin in Topeka, Kansas, were monitored for 19 storms during a 14-month period. Samples of runoff were collected automatically at two inflow and one outflow locations. Inflow and outflow constituent loads were computed with subsequent computation of load-detention efficiencies. Three constituents (dissolved solids, ammonia plus organic nitrogen, and total organic carbon) had negative (larger loads out than in) median detention efficiencies (-78.5 percent, -9.0 percent, and -3.0 percent, respectively). Median detention efficiencies for the other constituents were: suspended solids (2.5 percent), chemical oxygen demand (15.5 percent), nitrite plus nitrate nitrogen (20.0 percent), ammonia nitrogen (69.0 percent), total phosphorus (18.5 percent), dissolved phosphorus (0.0 percent), total lead (66.0 percent), and total zinc (65.0 percent).
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Pope, L.M., Hess, L.G., 1989, Load-detention efficiencies in a dry-pond basin, Proceedings of an Engineering Foundation Conference on Current Practice and Design Criteria for Urban Quality Control, Potosi, MO, USA, 10 July 1988 through 15 July 1988, p. 258-267.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Load-detention efficiencies in a dry-pond basin |
| ISBN | 0872626954 |
| Year Published | 1989 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Publ by ASCE |
| Publisher location | New York, NY, United States |
| First page | 258 |
| Last page | 267 |
| 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 |