Jordyn Wolfand, Cara J. Poor, Buck L. H. Taylor, Emma Morrow, Abigail Radke, Elizabeth Diaz-Gunning
{"title":"Microplastics: The Occurrence in Stormwater Runoff and the Effectiveness of Bioretention Systems for Removal","authors":"Jordyn Wolfand, Cara J. Poor, Buck L. H. Taylor, Emma Morrow, Abigail Radke, Elizabeth Diaz-Gunning","doi":"10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7285","url":null,"abstract":"Stormwater is considered a pathway of microplastics to surface water systems, but the magnitude of microplastic pollution in stormwater and the efficacy of existing stormwater treatment methods are unknown. One potential solution for minimizing microplastics in surface waters is leveraging green infrastructure, such as green roofs, bioswales, and bioretention cells, which can be optimized for the removal of conventional and emerging contaminants. The goals of this study were to (1) establish baseline types and quantities of anthropogenic microparticles, including microplastics, found in stormwater, and (2) evaluate bioretention as a possible solution for reducing microplastics in stormwater. To understand baseline conditions, samples were taken from five different catch basins in north Portland, Oregon, during four storm events and analyzed to quantify and characterize microparticles between 106 μm and 5 mm. A baseline concentration of 4.5±2.2 (range 1.1–9.7) particles/L was found, with no observed differences in concentrations between sampling locations or storm events. Most identified microparticles were fibers (66%), and approximately 47% of the particles were cotton, followed by polyester/blend (33%) and nylon (9%). Microparticle concentrations were correlated with the concentration of total suspended solids and the number of pieces of litter collected during a litter survey. To determine the efficiency of bioretention systems for microplastic removal, laboratory bioretention columns were constructed and filled with three different geomedia (a City of Portland, Oregon, standard mix, a proprietary mix, and layered sand and compost). A total of nine columns (three replicates of each geomedia) were tested with stormwater collected from a catch basin in Portland that was spiked with synthetic microplastics (106–5,000 μm). A removal efficiency of 99.8% was observed across all bioretention columns, regardless of the media type. Results indicate green stormwater infrastructure, such as bioretention, may be an effective tool for reducing observed microplastic transport from urban runoff to receiving water bodies.","PeriodicalId":15715,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Engineering","volume":"131 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134957257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wencheng Qi, Yang Shen, Shaoyu Li, Kaijia Chen, Junhong Xu
{"title":"Analytical Solution for Vacuum Electroosmosis Consolidation Considering Nonlinear Attenuation of Electric Permeability Coefficient of Copper-Contaminated Sediment","authors":"Wencheng Qi, Yang Shen, Shaoyu Li, Kaijia Chen, Junhong Xu","doi":"10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7347","url":null,"abstract":"Conventional vacuum electroosmosis consolidation theory tends to assume that the electric permeability coefficient remains unchanged or attenuates linearly. In contrast, the sediment from environmental dredging projects contains copper contaminants, whose electrochemical reactions during electroosmosis may influence the soil properties. Consequently, electroosmosis experiments were conducted for copper-contaminated sediments. It was found that the electric permeability coefficient attenuated rapidly due to the generation of copper hydroxide flocculant deposits under electrochemical reactions. The attenuation was 67.89% after 48 h, and its attenuation trend had obvious nonlinear characteristics. On this basis, an expression for the attenuation of the electric permeability coefficient with time was obtained by fitting an exponential function. A two-dimensional vacuum electroosmosis consolidation model considering the nonlinear attenuation rule of the electric permeability coefficient was established, and the analytical solution of the pore water pressure was deduced. Vacuum electroosmosis experiments on contaminated sediment were carried out, and the measurement results of pore water pressure at the anode verified the rationality of the analytical solution. It was also compared with conventional vacuum electroosmosis consolidation theory, which showed that the analytical solution in this study is better able to predict the dissipation of pore water pressure during long-term vacuum electroosmosis.","PeriodicalId":15715,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Engineering","volume":"474 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134957231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Hydrodynamic Mixing in an Afterbay Reservoir","authors":"P. Work","doi":"10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7287","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15715,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48784191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automated Testing Apparatus for Ceramic Membrane Filtration of High-Strength Industrial Wastewater","authors":"Weiming Qi, D. Ladner","doi":"10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7337","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15715,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Engineering","volume":"39 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41312183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Removal Efficiency of Typical Opportunistic Pathogens by Advanced Treatment Process of Reclaimed Water and Health Risk Assessment","authors":"Lihua Sun, Zixuan Xi, Hao Tong, Muxi Zhang","doi":"10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7278","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15715,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42540306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of Integrated Technologies for the Treatment of High-Strength Industrial Wastewater in Vietnam","authors":"N. Ho, V. H. Nguyen, S. Babel","doi":"10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7360","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15715,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47480371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sanket Dey Chowdhury, Mohit Soni, P. Bhunia, R. Surampalli, Tian C. Zhang
{"title":"Inhibitory Effects of Organics in Domestic, Dairy, and Brewery Wastewater on the Survival, Growth, and Reproduction of Earthworms","authors":"Sanket Dey Chowdhury, Mohit Soni, P. Bhunia, R. Surampalli, Tian C. Zhang","doi":"10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7364","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15715,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47902523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana María Pacheco, Yu-Fu Chen, Chun-Wei Tu, W. Sean, J. Wu, Ya-Fen Wang, Jheng-Jie Jiang
{"title":"Numerical Modeling of Gas-Phase Waste in Incinerator: Focus on Emissions and Energy Recovery under Air-Fuel Ratio and Air Volume Control","authors":"Ana María Pacheco, Yu-Fu Chen, Chun-Wei Tu, W. Sean, J. Wu, Ya-Fen Wang, Jheng-Jie Jiang","doi":"10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7329","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15715,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46580248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linan Xing, Mingyue Zheng, Christopher W. K. Chow, Xiu-Jun Xin, Ye Li, Xiaohui Zhang, Qiangqiang Cheng
{"title":"Comparison of Dewatering Effects of Chemical Conditioning Method for Thermophilic and Mesophilic Anaerobic Digested Sewages Sludge","authors":"Linan Xing, Mingyue Zheng, Christopher W. K. Chow, Xiu-Jun Xin, Ye Li, Xiaohui Zhang, Qiangqiang Cheng","doi":"10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7407","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15715,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47035084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}