TY - JOUR
T1 - Water treatment residual-coated wood mulch for addressing urban stormwater pollution
AU - Soleimanifar, Hanieh
AU - Deng, Yang
AU - Barrett, Kirk
AU - Feng, Huan
AU - Li, Xiaona
AU - Sarkar, Dibyendu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Water Environment Federation
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Innovative treatment materials and technologies are demanded to address urban stormwater pollutants that challenge traditional infrastructure. This study aimed to investigate adsorption behaviors of aluminum-based water treatment residual (WTR)-coated mulch for capturing representative runoff pollutants (i.e., P, Cu, Zn, and Pb) and evaluate its treatment performance in a filtration bed. Data from batch studies were fit using the nonlinear least square optimization technique. Adsorption kinetic data followed the pseudo-2nd-order reaction patterns, while the adsorption isotherm data obeyed the Freundlich models. Model fitting passed the chi-square tests, as a statistical goodness-of-fit criterion, at a 90% confidence level. Column studies indicate that the WTR-coated mulch with a bed depth of 5.1 or 10.2 cm could effectively alleviate flow-weighted mean concentrations of these pollutants, with a minimal aluminum release, during treatment of the equivalent annual runoff in a typical U.S. Northeastern catchment. This study demonstrates that WTR-coated mulch is an effective and safe adsorbent media to tackle urban stormwater pollution. Practitioner points: Aluminum-based WTR-coated wood mulch can simultaneously and effectively capture representative metals and phosphate in urban runoff. The pollutant adsorption follows the pseudo-2nd-order kinetic reaction patterns and the Freundlich isotherm model. WTR-coated mulch (5.1–10.2 cm bed depth) sufficiently treats the runoff generated annually in a typical U.S. Northeastern catchment. Higher and more reliable pollutant removals can be achieved with a greater bed depth of the coated mulch in a filtration bed. Aluminium release is minimal during application of the WTR-coated wood mulch.
AB - Innovative treatment materials and technologies are demanded to address urban stormwater pollutants that challenge traditional infrastructure. This study aimed to investigate adsorption behaviors of aluminum-based water treatment residual (WTR)-coated mulch for capturing representative runoff pollutants (i.e., P, Cu, Zn, and Pb) and evaluate its treatment performance in a filtration bed. Data from batch studies were fit using the nonlinear least square optimization technique. Adsorption kinetic data followed the pseudo-2nd-order reaction patterns, while the adsorption isotherm data obeyed the Freundlich models. Model fitting passed the chi-square tests, as a statistical goodness-of-fit criterion, at a 90% confidence level. Column studies indicate that the WTR-coated mulch with a bed depth of 5.1 or 10.2 cm could effectively alleviate flow-weighted mean concentrations of these pollutants, with a minimal aluminum release, during treatment of the equivalent annual runoff in a typical U.S. Northeastern catchment. This study demonstrates that WTR-coated mulch is an effective and safe adsorbent media to tackle urban stormwater pollution. Practitioner points: Aluminum-based WTR-coated wood mulch can simultaneously and effectively capture representative metals and phosphate in urban runoff. The pollutant adsorption follows the pseudo-2nd-order kinetic reaction patterns and the Freundlich isotherm model. WTR-coated mulch (5.1–10.2 cm bed depth) sufficiently treats the runoff generated annually in a typical U.S. Northeastern catchment. Higher and more reliable pollutant removals can be achieved with a greater bed depth of the coated mulch in a filtration bed. Aluminium release is minimal during application of the WTR-coated wood mulch.
KW - adsorption
KW - nonpoint pollution
KW - phosphate
KW - toxic heavy metals
KW - urban stormwater runoff
KW - water treatment residual
KW - wood mulch
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U2 - 10.1002/wer.1055
DO - 10.1002/wer.1055
M3 - Article
C2 - 30667125
AN - SCOPUS:85065239446
SN - 1061-4303
VL - 91
SP - 523
EP - 535
JO - Water Environment Research
JF - Water Environment Research
IS - 6
ER -