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STUDIES AND ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STORMWATER RUNOFF PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT IN VILNIUS
Author(s) -
Egidija Jaruševičiūtė,
Aušra Mažeikienė,
Marina Valentukevičienė
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
mokslas - lietuvos ateitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2029-2341
pISSN - 2029-2252
DOI - 10.3846/mla.2010.087
Subject(s) - stormwater , surface runoff , environmental science , suspended solids , pollutant , turbidity , environmental engineering , pollution , settling , total suspended solids , hydrology (agriculture) , wastewater , geology , geotechnical engineering , chemistry , chemical oxygen demand , ecology , oceanography , organic chemistry , biology

In order to protect the natural environment from pollution, pollutant reduction in the stormwater runoff of urban areas is a particularly relevant factor. Uneven surface water flow and changes in pollutant concentration complicate conventional matching techniques and processes as well as prolong the duration of time which requires a comprehensive study in this area. Therefore, experiments on inflow stormwater turbidity and impurity with suspended solids and petroleum products were carried out according to the prepared sample collecting methodology. The study evaluated the effectiveness of cleaning a stormwater treatment plant along the settlement chamber in the chosen points. The settling time of impurities found in stormwater was analyzed under the presence of ideal conditions in the laboratory. The conducted experiments established dependence between suspended solids and turbidity. Stormwater pollution by SS was reduced only to 21–35% after heavy rain or a snow melting period in treatment plants.