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Effects of a vegetated stormwater-detention basin on chemical quality and temperature of runoff from a small residential development in Monroe County, New York

Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4099
Prepared in cooperation with the Monroe County Department of Health
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri014099

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Abstract

The vegetated stormwater-detention basin at a small residential development in Monroe County, N.Y. has been shown to be effective in reducing loads of certain chemical constituents to receiving waters. Loads of suspended solids, nitrogen, and phosphorus have been reduced by an average of 14 to 62 percent. The basin has little effect on the temperature of runoff between the inflow and the outflow; water temperatures at the outflow during summer storms averaged 0.5 degrees Celsius higher than those at the inflow.

Suggested Citation

Sherwood, D.A., 2001, Effects of a vegetated stormwater-detention basin on chemical quality and temperature of runoff from a small residential development in Monroe County, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001–4099, 11 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wri014099.

Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Basin Description and History
  • Data Collection
  • Effects of Detention Basin on Constituent Loads
  • Removal Efficiency
  • Effect of Detention Basin on Water Temperature
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Effects of a vegetated stormwater-detention basin on chemical quality and temperature of runoff from a small residential development in Monroe County, New York
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 2001-4099
DOI 10.3133/wri014099
Year Published 2001
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) New York Water Science Center
Description 11 p.
Country United States
State New York
County Monroe County
Online Only (Y/N) N
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