Co-Design of Engineered Hyporheic Zones to Improve In-Stream Stormwater Treatment and Facilitate Regulatory Approval

Herzog, Skuyler P.; Eisenstein, William A.; Halpin, Brittnee N.; Portmann, Andrea C.; Fitzgerald, Nicole J.  M.; Ward, Adam S.; Higgins, Christopher P.; McCray, John E.

doi:10.3390/w11122543

Co-Design of Engineered Hyporheic Zones to Improve In-Stream Stormwater Treatment and Facilitate Regulatory Approval

Journal Article · Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Water (Basel)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122543· OSTI ID:1803735

^[1]; Eisenstein, William A. ^[2]; Halpin, Brittnee N. ^[3]; ^[3]; Fitzgerald, Nicole J. M. ^[3]; ^[4]; Higgins, Christopher P. ^[3]; ^[3]

Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States). O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affair; Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States). Det. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; NSF Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), Stanford, CA (United States); OSTI
NSF Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), Stanford, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Center for Resource Efficient Communities (CREC)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States). Det. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; NSF Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), Stanford, CA (United States)
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States). O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affair

Green infrastructure is an increasingly popular approach to mitigate widespread degradation of urban waters from stormwater pollution. However, many stormwater best management practices (BMPs) have inconsistent water quality performance and are limited to on-site, land-based deployments. To address basin-wide pollutant loads still reaching urban streams, hyporheic zone engineering has been proposed as an in-stream treatment strategy. Recognizing that regulator and practitioner perspectives are essential for innovation in the water sector, we interviewed U.S. water management professionals about the perceived risks, opportunities, and knowledge gaps related to in-stream stormwater treatment. We used engineered hyporheic zones as a case study to understand interviewee perspectives on an emerging class of in-stream treatment technologies. Interviews revealed that many considerations for in-stream stormwater treatment are common to land-based BMPs, but in-stream BMPs have additional unique design and siting requirements. Here, we synthesize practitioner goals, their recommendations on in-stream BMP design, and open research questions related to in-stream BMPs. Many interviewees suggested pairing engineered hyporheic zones with other BMPs in a treatment train to improve in-stream treatment, while simultaneously reducing risk and cost. We discuss how treatment trains and other strategies might also help overcome regulatory hurdles for innovative stormwater treatment.

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Research Organization:: Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1803735

Journal Information:: Water (Basel), Journal Name: Water (Basel) Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 11; ISSN 2073-4441; ISSN WATEGH

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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