H11K:
Advances in Green Infrastructure Development: Benefits from Point to Watershed Scale I

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Session ID#: 34289

Session Description:
Green Infrastructures (GIs) are increasingly being relied upon as integral elements of urban planning and for flood control and treatment of polluted urban runoff. Many cities and communities support the use of GIs as an alternative to conventional stormwater control measures as cost-effective and resilient approaches. Although GIs are shown to be effective in trapping pollutants and reducing urban runoff, their efficiency may be reduced in time if not properly maintained. Further, while GIs reduce surface runoff by infiltration, questions remain on whether this creates short-circuiting between stormwater runoff and groundwater. Combining these with the fact that GIs actually trap runoff from small areas, it is uncertain whether GIs contribute to measurable differences in the quality of waters at larger scales. In this regard, this session welcomes papers that look at the functioning of GIs at multiple scales, both spatially (point to watershed) and temporally (events to long term).
Primary Convener:  Latif Kalin, Auburn University, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, Auburn, United States
Convener:  Haw Yen, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, United States
Chairs:  Haw Yen, USDA-ARS, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, WEST Lafayette, Indiana, United States and Latif Kalin, Auburn University, Auburn, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Latif Kalin, Auburn University, Auburn, United States
Index Terms:

1830 Groundwater/surface water interaction [HYDROLOGY]
1871 Surface water quality [HYDROLOGY]
1879 Watershed [HYDROLOGY]
1890 Wetlands [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Linking the Scales of Scientific inquiry and Watershed Management: A Focus on Green Infrastructure (242450)
Heather E Golden, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research & Development, Cincinnati, OH, United States and Nahal Hoghooghi, University of Georgia, College of Engineering, Athens, GA, United States
Optimal designs of bioretention cells in shallow groundwater (216251)
Kun Zhang, University of Minnesota Duluth, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, Duluth, United States and Ting Fong May Chui, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong, China
The potential water buffering capacity of urban green infrastructure in an arid environment (218938)
Zhihua Wang, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, United States and Jiachuan Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Cost-Effective, Insitu Field Measurements for Determining the Water Retention Quantification onBehavior of Individual Right-of-Way Bioswales (258111)
Siyan Wang, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States, Wade R McGillis, Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Engineering, New York, NY, United States, Ranran Hu, Columbia University, New York, United States and Patricia Jane Culligan, Columbia University in the City of New York, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, New York, NY, United States
A flexible tool for hydraulic and water quality performance analysis of green infrastructure (233381)
Jamal Alikhani, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States and Arash Massoudieh, Catholic University of America, Washington, United States
Predictive Power of Clean Bed Filtration Theory for Fecal Indicator Bacteria Removal in Stormwater Biofilters (217427)
Emily A. Parker, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Megan Rippy, Virginia Tech, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Manassas, VA, United States, Andrew Mehring, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, Brandon Winfrey, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Richard F Ambrose, University of California Los Angeles, Environmental Health Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, Lisa A Levin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States and Stanley Baugh Grant, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States
The Hydrologic Implications Of Unique Urban Soil Horizon Sequencing On The Functions Of Passive Green Infrastructure (252530)
William Shuster, USEPA, Cincinnati, United States, Laura A Schifman, Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States and Dustin Herrmann, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN, United States

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