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Bio-retention Systems for Storm Water Treatment and Management in Urban Systems

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Among different anthropogenic activities, urbanization has greatly influenced the hydrological cycle. Due to increased impervious surfaces, the amount of infiltration has been reduced, thereby increasing the runoff volume leading to flood conditions even for low rainfall events. Storm water flow along these impermeable surfaces finally ends up in surface water reservoirs. Urban systems are fundamentally responsible for a lot of pollutants by different sources: vehicle, industries, atmospheric deposition, soil erosion, etc., which may release various types of pollutants such as metals, organics, nutrients, oil and grease, detergents, surfactants, etc., into the atmosphere. With the storm water runoff, these pollutants may end up in surface waters. This indicates the importance of storm water treatment. Although there are several storm water treatment methods available, low-cost environmental-friendly methods (e.g., bio-retention systems) will be more sustainable with urban systems. Bio-retention systems can manage storm water and improve water quality through containment and remediation of pollutants within the urban system. However, the limitation of these systems is its finite capacity to hold contaminants. Hence, suitable plants grown along the bio-retention systems will be an effective phytoremediation option to address the challenges encountered in these remedial systems.

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The authors wish to offer a special acknowledgment to the National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka for providing funds for a stipend for the first author (grant number RG/2014/EB/03).

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  1. Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Research Group, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka

    Lakshika Weerasundara & Prasanna Kumarathilaka

  2. Metropolitan School of Business and Management, Averex Business Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    C. N. Nupearachchi

  3. Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

    Balaji Seshadri & Nanthi Bolan

  4. Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Research Group, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka

    Meththika Vithanage

  5. International Centre for Applied Climate Science, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

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Weerasundara, L., Nupearachchi, C.N., Kumarathilaka, P., Seshadri, B., Bolan, N., Vithanage, M. (2016). Bio-retention Systems for Storm Water Treatment and Management in Urban Systems. In: Ansari, A., Gill, S., Gill, R., Lanza, G., Newman, L. (eds) Phytoremediation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41811-7_10

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