Stormwater Management

Research focuses on new strategies and technologies that address urban-induced hydrological modifications, considering both individual pieces and their linkages within the hydrologic system. Research also evaluates current stormwater practices and approaches.


New strategies and technologies for managing stormwater

Best Management Practices (BMPs)

Program evaluation


New strategies and technologies for managing stormwater

New strategies for stormwater management-Fife Highlands (Curtis Hinman, WSU and Brent Zacharia. In progress.)

New strategies for stormwater management-Pipers Creek Watershed, City of Seattle (Richard Horner and Amy Engstrom. 2004)

Ultra-urban stormwater management evaluation (Christopher Brueske. 2000)


BMPs

Precipitation extremes and the impacts of climate change on stormwater infrastructure in Washington State (Eric Rosenberg, Patrick Keys, Derek Booth, David Hartley, Jeff Burkey, Anne Steinemann, and Dennis Lettenmaier. 2009)

Permeable parking lot demonstration project - The six-year follow up (Ben Brattebo and Derek Booth. 2002)

Maintenance of swales along freeways and highways (J. Cammermayer and Richard Horner. 2000)

The effects of plant abundance on a pilot scale treatment wetland (Lenore Jensen. 2000)

Eastgate water-quality pond performance (Karen Comings, Derek Booth and Richard Horner. 1999)

Guidelines for landscaping with compost-amended soils (Paul Rosenfeld. 1999)

Nutrient removal efficiency of a Pacific Northwest treatment wetland receiving sewage lagoon effluent (Kurt Marx. 1999)

What are those plants doing? A comparison of the water quality treatment effectiveness of three plant species in a constructed wetland for municipal wastewater treatment (Margaret McCauley. 1999)

Environmental limitations to vegetation establishment and growth in vegetated stormwater biofiliters (Greg Mazer. 1998) (report)

Program evaluation

A survey of roadside ditches and swales (Shanti Colwell, Richard Horner, Derek Booth, and Dalius Gilvydis. 2000)

Performance predictors of bioswales (executive summary by Shanti Colwell, Rich Horner, Derek Booth, and Dalius Gilvydis. Data from this project can be downloaded as an Access 97 database file -- full thesis [Colwell 2000])

Current status of vegetation management in roadside ditches and stormwater management facilities (Daniel Schultz and Derek Booth. 1999)

City of Olympia's Impervious Surface Reduction Study (1995)