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Australian Journal of Water Research
ISSN: 2203-9482 (Print) ISSN: 2203-9490 (Online)


    Evaluation of Treatment Performance of a Stormwater
  Treatment Membrane Filter under Australian Conditions
                                 Dr Charles Kelly (Corresponding author)
                              Commercial Manager – Humes Water Solutions
                               18 Little Cribb Street, Milton 4064, Australia
                          Tel: 61-7-3364 2957 E-mail: [email protected]


                                              Anton Bardak
                            Water Solutions Engineer – Humes Water Solutions
                               18 Little Cribb Street, Milton 4064, Australia
                         Tel: 61-7-3364 2956 E-mail: [email protected]


The research was conducted by Queensland University of Technology and is financed by Holcim
Australia


Abstract
Stormwater runoff transports a range of pollutants and is a significant non-point source of urban water
pollution. Effective removal of stormwater pollutants requires treatment technologies that are
appropriate to site constraints, as well as rainfall and pollutant load characteristics. A range of
engineered stormwater treatment systems are marketed by various commercial vendors. Assessing
their performance requires quantification of inputs and outputs to receiving environments under diverse
event durations, flows, and loads, Herr and Sansalone (2015).
In line with these recommendations the treatment performance of a device has been assessed with a
field monitoring program centered on a device installed at Ipswich in South East Queensland. The
findings to date of the field monitoring are as follows:
    •   For the seven qualifying events monitored, median concentration reduction efficiencies for
        TSS, TN and TP are 89%, 55% and 65%, respectively.
    •   Comparison of monitored rainfall events suggests that these are within the envelope of typical
        rainfall events for Brisbane and are equivalent to events monitored in Florida.
    •   Monitored stormwater quality in terms of TSS, TN and TP are well within the expected
        stormwater treatment quality for the Brisbane region.
    •   Performance characteristics observed in this field monitoring study are comparable with the
        performance reported in the previous Florida study.


Keywords: Performance comparison; Performance evaluation; Stormwater quality; Stormwater
treatment




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