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Using Vegetated Compost Blankets to Achieve Highway Runoff Volume and Pollutant Reduction

项目名称：	Using Vegetated Compost Blankets to Achieve Highway Runoff Volume and Pollutant Reduction
摘要：	Low Impact Development (LID) techniques that are economical and appropriate for the highway environment are important tools for state departments of transportation (DOTs) faced with increasingly demanding water quality and hydrologic management requirements. Vegetated filter strips along highways, an accepted LID Best Management Practice (BMP), are a cost-effective alternative to hydraulically engineered BMPs. Their use is limited however, by site constraints such as limited right-of-way and steep side slopes, and their effectiveness may vary greatly depending on climate, soils, and other factors. Vegetated compost blankets (VCBs) can overcome some of these limitations by promoting stormwater filtration, retention of runoff, and infiltration of stormwater into the underlying soils�potentially removing pollutants and reducing flow volumes. VCBs have the potential to be relatively low cost and low maintenance, which makes them attractive to state DOTs. VCBs also can be a relatively simple retrofit on a roadside embankment. Research is needed to evaluate hydrologic and water quality benefits of VCBs. This involves determining pollutant removal capability and capacity; the ability to detain and retain runoff; and the effect of climate, soils, compost composition, compost blanket thickness, and other parameters on performance. Design guidance will be needed in order to provide state DOTs with an effective and economical BMP that can be used in a wide variety of roadway settings. The objectives of this research are to: (1) Develop performance curves for surface-applied, VCBs on slopes of 3:1 or flatter that (a) remove pollutants of concern, (b) control erosion, (c) reduce volume, and (d) support vegetation when placed on an existing roadway embankment. (2) Provide construction specifications, standard details, and a decision matrix that provides guidance on the use, limitations, design, and implementation of vegetated compost blankets on existing roadway embankments. The guidance is intended to be a practical manual for practitioners who select, design, and implement stormwater management facilities and should be broadly applicable to a wide range of conditions and geography.
状态：	Active
资金：	499999
资助组织：	Federal Highway Administration
项目负责人：	Jared, David
执行机构：	University of Maryland, College Park
主要研究人员：	Davis, Allen P.
开始时间：	20170427
预计完成日期：	20210426
实际结束时间：	0