Yulong Xiao, Anping Shu, Tian Xie, P. Dou, Yujia Zhai, Junhong Bai, Baoshan Cui
{"title":"Research progress on the transportation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in freshwater based on CiteSpace","authors":"Yulong Xiao, Anping Shu, Tian Xie, P. Dou, Yujia Zhai, Junhong Bai, Baoshan Cui","doi":"10.2166/bgs.2024.053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2024.053","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have garnered extensive attention due to their dissolubility, stability, hydrophobicity, and oleophobicity, contributing to long-range transport of PFASs in the water. As an important part of the blue-green space system, freshwater plays a decisive role in ensuring environmental health. Hence, a comprehensive analysis of the current studies regarding the transportation of PFASs in freshwater is highly important for ecotoxicological assessment and pollution control. To explore research progress and hotspots of transportation of PFASs in freshwater, CiteSpace software was utilized in this literature to conduct publication growth, analysis of countries/regionss, analysis of publishing institutions, co-citation analysis, keywords bursting analysis, and keywords timeline analysis. The publication trends of the transportation of PFASs in freshwater were divided into the embryonic period (2005–2014) and the developing period (2015–2023). Institutions and authors from China were found to publish most literature, indicating China places a significant emphasis on the assessment of risks of PFASs in freshwater environments. Research hotspots shifted from transport behaviors and mechanisms to risk assessment and multimedia transportation. Understanding the transportation of PFASs in freshwater is crucial for assessing environmental impacts, ensuring water resource sustainability, and contributing to the development of management practices prioritizing sustainability, energy efficiency, and environmental responsibility.","PeriodicalId":9337,"journal":{"name":"Blue-Green Systems","volume":"6 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139443810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Damien Tedoldi, Julien Couvidat, Mathieu Gautier, Qiufang Zhan, Thierry Winiarski, G. Lipeme Kouyi, C. Delolme, V. Chatain
{"title":"In-depth characterization of sediment contamination in stormwater infiltration basins","authors":"Damien Tedoldi, Julien Couvidat, Mathieu Gautier, Qiufang Zhan, Thierry Winiarski, G. Lipeme Kouyi, C. Delolme, V. Chatain","doi":"10.2166/bgs.2023.039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2023.039","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Managing stormwater in infiltration-based systems enables the interception of runoff suspended solids. Accumulated particles form a layer of stormwater sediments, the contamination of which presents a critical challenge for maintenance operations but is still insufficiently understood. This study therefore aims to characterize the main contamination patterns of stormwater sediments. Sediments were sampled from 18 infiltration basins encompassing a diversity of catchments. Eighty-five substances, including metals and six families of organic micropollutants, were targeted, almost all of which were consistently quantified. A significant accumulation relative to baseline levels was ascertained in all sites. The geochemical signature of stormwater sediments was relatively close to that of road dust, but different from continental and marine sediments, revealing the contribution of urban-specific sources of contaminants. Common emission and transfer dynamics were inferred from strong correlations between metals; same observations were made for alkylphenols and the group formed by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, and furans. The predominant land use was generally insufficient to explain the inter-site variability of sediment contamination, which could still be understood from an in-depth study of each catchment and the identification of site-specific emission sources. These results constitute a milestone toward stormwater sediment reuse as a resource.","PeriodicalId":9337,"journal":{"name":"Blue-Green Systems","volume":"88 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138945424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Marchioni, Anita Raimondi, M. G. Di Chiano, G. Becciu
{"title":"Permeable pavement hydraulic optimization by using an analytical-probabilistic model","authors":"M. Marchioni, Anita Raimondi, M. G. Di Chiano, G. Becciu","doi":"10.2166/bgs.2023.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2023.016","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 On-source storage controls are a sustainable solution for stormwater management in a scenario of continuous urban area growth. Structures that manage storage volumes through infiltration include extra environmental benefits, such as groundwater recharge, evapotranspiration, and pollutant load removal. Permeable pavement systems are among these controls and can easily integrate into dense urban areas, resulting in paved surfaces contributing to stormwater management. The shift toward on-source strategies is encouraged through regulations, policies, incentives, and awareness campaigns, which are substantially increasing their dissemination. Optimizing the design of on-source storage controls with infiltration, such as permeable pavement systems, through robust methodologies can reduce reservoir depth, reducing environmental impact and costs without impact on reliability. The analytical-probabilistic (AP) method using derived probability distribution theory from rainfall event characteristics and the mathematical description of hydrologic processes within the permeable pavement systems provides an analytical equation that can be used as a design tool, proving robustness analogous with continuous simulations. Results obtained with the AP method were compared with traditional event-based methodologies and continuous simulation, assessing the reliability of the proposed method in optimizing permeable pavement systems' reservoir depth.","PeriodicalId":9337,"journal":{"name":"Blue-Green Systems","volume":"25 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139003251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vicenç Acuña, Laura Castañares, J. Castellar, Joaquim Comas, Katherine Cross, D. Istenič, Fabio Masi, Robert McDonald, B. Pucher, Josep Pueyo-Ros, Adrià Riu, A. Rizzo, Massimiliano Riva, K. Tondera, Lluís Corominas
{"title":"Development of a decision-support system to select nature-based solutions for domestic wastewater treatment","authors":"Vicenç Acuña, Laura Castañares, J. Castellar, Joaquim Comas, Katherine Cross, D. Istenič, Fabio Masi, Robert McDonald, B. Pucher, Josep Pueyo-Ros, Adrià Riu, A. Rizzo, Massimiliano Riva, K. Tondera, Lluís Corominas","doi":"10.2166/bgs.2023.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2023.005","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Nature-based solutions are increasingly used in domestic wastewater treatment, because of their potential to remove contaminants and pathogens from water (e.g., stormwater, river water, wastewater) as well as their provided co-benefits, such as mitigation of the heat island effect or enhanced biodiversity. The transition from traditional grey technologies towards nature-based solutions in domestic wastewater treatment might yield multiple benefits for local communities while enhancing biodiversity. Although some nature-based solutions such as treatment wetlands have been used for decades in domestic wastewater treatment, this is not the case for others such as green walls or roofs, which lack implementation guidelines and design criteria. Aiming to support implementation of nature-based solutions in domestic wastewater treatment, we have developed an online decision-support system for the pre-selection of the best nature-based solution to use in each socio-environmental context and adapted to the needs, as well as an estimate of the required area. Our decision-support system's recommendations are based on an expert knowledge-driven approach, building on two complementary expert knowledge elicitation workshops. We hope the developed online decision-support system will support the transition towards integrating nature-based solutions into urban water and wastewater treatment systems.","PeriodicalId":9337,"journal":{"name":"Blue-Green Systems","volume":"105 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139005491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aeration strategies and total nitrogen removal in a hybrid aerated treatment wetland","authors":"Caroline Kimie Miyazaki, Ania Morvannou, Elodie Higelin, J. Nivala, Pascal Molle","doi":"10.2166/bgs.2023.045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2023.045","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 This study investigates the impact of aeration strategy on the performance of total nitrogen (TN) removal in a compact hybrid aerated treatment wetland (TW), called Rhizosph'air®. The system combines a single-stage French vertical flow wetland with an aerated horizontal-flow wetland, offering a unique and flexible approach for optimizing TN removal. In total, seven experimental conditions were tested, with different aeration modes, hydraulic loading rates and ammonium addition. The wetland system demonstrated high performance in terms of chemical oxygen demand removal (>85%) and solids removal (>90%), regardless of the experimental condition. However, TN removal was found to be directly impacted by operational changes. Increasing the hydraulic loading rate from 0.15 to 0.25 m/day led to an improvement in TN removal, achieving over 60%. Furthermore, when ammonium was added to the inlet and when the aeration timing was synced with the timing of the influent batch load, the environmental conditions facilitated the denitrification process, resulting in TN removal of approximately 70% and the lowest effluent NO3-N concentrations (8.70 ± 4.40 mg/L). In summary, the timing of the aeration strategy according to influent batch loading improved TN removal, suggesting its potential for optimization in future studies.","PeriodicalId":9337,"journal":{"name":"Blue-Green Systems","volume":"11 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139007557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rudy Rossetto, Alessandro Lenti, Laura Ercoli, Luca Sebastiani, Ataollah Joodavi
{"title":"Infiltration performance evaluation of a 15-year-old concrete grid paver parking area (Italy)","authors":"Rudy Rossetto, Alessandro Lenti, Laura Ercoli, Luca Sebastiani, Ataollah Joodavi","doi":"10.2166/bgs.2023.043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2023.043","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 The management of urban stormwater needs a wide array of environmentally friendly solutions to safeguard water resources and improve the quality of the urban environment. In that, permeable pavements (a type of sustainable drainage system) are designed to reduce the volume and peak flow of stormwater on-site, improve infiltrating water quality, and combat the urban heat island phenomena. In this study, we tested the infiltration capacity of 15-year-old concrete grid pavers (CGPs) using single-ring infiltrometer tests. We investigated how various factors, including location within the parking space, affect infiltration rates. Despite no maintenance and 15 years of operation, the infiltration capacity of the CGPs still exceeds the minimum infiltration capacity of 1.62 mm/min as required in many European regions. This may be due to the presence of soil cracks and the development of plant roots and insect/microorganism activities within the pavement voids. Indeed, this ‘living soil system’ continuously develops and counteracts the formation of clogging, interacting with the compaction process. As such, the selection and management of the vegetation within CGP voids is of primary importance. Our study demonstrates that incorporating CGPs is effective in addressing emerging challenges associated with urban hydrology. Due to effectiveness and limited maintenance requirements, CGPs coul.","PeriodicalId":9337,"journal":{"name":"Blue-Green Systems","volume":"148 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138978531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Bosco, Elhadi Mohsen Hassan Abdalla, T. Muthanna, K. Alfredsen, Britt Rasten, Heidi Kjennbakken, E. Sivertsen
{"title":"Evaluating the stormwater management model for hydrological simulation of infiltration swales in cold climates","authors":"C. Bosco, Elhadi Mohsen Hassan Abdalla, T. Muthanna, K. Alfredsen, Britt Rasten, Heidi Kjennbakken, E. Sivertsen","doi":"10.2166/bgs.2023.044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2023.044","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Stormwater Management Model (SWMM) is a widely used tool for assessing the hydrological performance of infiltration swales. However, validating the accuracy of SWMM simulation against observed data has been challenging, primarily because well-functioning infiltration swales rarely produce surface runoff, especially over short monitoring periods. This study addresses this challenge by using measured subsurface water storage levels for calibration and validation. The study evaluated three SWMM modules, namely, the snowpack, aquifer, and low-impact development (LID) modules, to simulate subsurface water storage levels of an infiltration swale located in a cold climate region during snow and snow-free periods. Global sensitivity analysis was used to identify influential parameters within these modules. The findings revealed that only a few parameters significantly influenced model outputs. Moreover, the aquifer module outperformed the LID module in simulating subsurface water storage due to limitations in setting the initial saturation of the LID module. Furthermore, simulation accuracy was better during snow-free periods due to challenges in simulating snow dynamics during snow periods with the snowpack module. The calibrated models offer valuable insights into the long-term hydrological performance of infiltration swales, enabling practitioners to identify events that trigger flooding in these systems.","PeriodicalId":9337,"journal":{"name":"Blue-Green Systems","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138606713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nature-based alternative-water landscapes for water security and green space health","authors":"Anna Louise Durkin, Felicity Roddick, John Fien","doi":"10.2166/bgs.2023.042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2023.042","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 This paper is concerned with highlighting and learning from Alternative-Water Urban Landscapes (AWULs) from around the world. Such systems contribute to issues such as water security and greenspace health. Nature-based methods for treating alternative-water can provide for secure water supplies in local landscapes and a wide range of social and environmental co-benefits. However, such treatment methods have raised concerns about efficacy, safety, public opinion, and cost, which have often led to a reliance on centralised, and high-energy and chemical treatment methods. To move forward, more understanding about AWULs is required. The aim of this research is to reveal principles for the design of nature-based AWULs. A framework for the analysis of AWULs was developed from relevant literature works. The framework comprised two sets of criteria based on conservative and innovative aspirations for the AWUL design. A search of AWUL and landscape literature revealed 26 precedents as suitable. These were then analysed using the two sets of criteria which revealed three key outcomes for nature-based AWUL applications. These included making use of free-water surface flow landscape-based treatment, large AWUL footprints and, partial decentralisation. These findings helped to fashion a set of design principles to guide and encourage adoption of nature-based AWUL by implementers.","PeriodicalId":9337,"journal":{"name":"Blue-Green Systems","volume":" 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138618675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Henry Beral, Danielle Dagenais, Jacques Brisson, Margit Kõiv-Vainik
{"title":"Impact of de-icing salt runoff in spring on bioretention efficiency","authors":"Henry Beral, Danielle Dagenais, Jacques Brisson, Margit Kõiv-Vainik","doi":"10.2166/bgs.2023.036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2023.036","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We investigated the effect of de-icing salt in stormwater runoff on bioretention system hydrology and filtration of contaminants. Salt runoffs during the snow melt period were simulated in 20 mesocosms planted with 1 of 3 plant species (Cornus sericea, Juncus effusus and Iris versicolor) or left unplanted, and then watered with semi-synthetic stormwater runoffs supplemented with 4 NaCl concentrations (0, 250, 1,000 or 4,000 mg Cl/L). All bioretention mesocosms, irrespective of treatment, were efficient in reducing water volume, flow and pollution level. There was no phytotoxic effect of NaCl on plants, even at the highest NaCl concentration tested. Water volume reduction and flow rate were influenced by plant species, but salt concentration had no effect. Salt runoffs significantly increased the removal of some metals, such as Cr, Ni, Pb and Zn, but had no effect on nutrient removal. Because snowmelt laden with de-icing salt is of short duration and occurs during plant dormancy, plants in bioretention may be less affected by de-icing salt than previously thought, provided that salinity decreases rapidly to normal level in the soil water. The long-term effects of de-icing salt and general performance of bioretention should be further studied under full-scale conditions.","PeriodicalId":9337,"journal":{"name":"Blue-Green Systems","volume":"2003 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135635555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Morgane Bousquet, Martijn Kuller, Sandrine Lacroix, Peter A. Vanrolleghem
{"title":"A critical review of MCDA practices in planning of urban green spaces and NBS","authors":"Morgane Bousquet, Martijn Kuller, Sandrine Lacroix, Peter A. Vanrolleghem","doi":"10.2166/bgs.2023.132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2023.132","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Green spaces and nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly considered by land-use planning policies to respond to the multiple challenges related to sustainable development. The multiple benefits brought by NBS make the use of multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) essential to optimally balance their use. MCDA offers a catalog of methods allowing to structure problems with multiple objectives and to help adopt the optimal solution. However, NBS planning is a recent discipline and research is still ongoing to make this practice more common. We carried out a critical literature review on MCDA-NBS tools and practices. We conducted our literature research following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) method on the Web of Science database and we selected 124 papers on the subject between 2000 and 2022. We present a state-of-the-art MCDA approach for NBS and green space planning by looking at where these practices are applied, why and how this process is conducted, and who is involved in it. We found that studies are usually conducted in the global North on a single case study with the help of experts involved in the criteria weighting phase and the help of GIS-MCDA tools often integrating a direct ranking method or the AHP method.","PeriodicalId":9337,"journal":{"name":"Blue-Green Systems","volume":"15 S4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135872944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}