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Assessing Stormwater Nutrient and Heavy Metal Plant Uptake in an Experimental Bioretention Pond

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  • Giampaolo Zanin

    (Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Viale dell’Università, 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy)

  • Lucia Bortolini

    (Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy)

  • Maurizio Borin

    (Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Viale dell’Università, 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy)

Abstract

With the purpose to study a solution based on Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) to reduce and treat stormwater runoff in urban areas, a bioretention pond (BP) was realized in the Agripolis campus of the University of Padova, Italy. The BP collected overflow water volumes of the rainwater drainage system of a 2270 m 2 drainage area consisting almost entirely of impervious surfaces. Sixty-six Tech-IA ® floating elements, supporting four plants each, were laid on the water surface. Eleven species of herbaceous perennial helophyte plants, with ornamental features, were used and tested. The early growth results of the BP functioning showed that nearly 50% of the total inflow water volume was stored or evapotranspirated, reducing the peak discharge on the urban drainage system. Among plants, Alisma parviflora , Caltha palustris , Iris ‘Black Gamecock’, Lysimachia punctata ‘Alexander’, Oenanthe javanica ‘Flamingo’, Mentha aquatica , Phalaris arundinacea ‘Picta’, and Typha laxmannii had the best survival and growth performances. A. parviflora and M. aquatica appeared interesting also for pollutant reduction in runoff water.

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  • Giampaolo Zanin & Lucia Bortolini & Maurizio Borin, 2018. "Assessing Stormwater Nutrient and Heavy Metal Plant Uptake in an Experimental Bioretention Pond," Land, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:7:y:2018:i:4:p:150-:d:186989
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