TY - JOUR
T1 - Construction-associated solids loads with a temporary sediment control BMP
AU - Cleveland, Theodore G.
AU - Fashokun, Adebola
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - A highway construction site was monitored to determine the effectiveness of a temporary sediment control (rock-filter dam) that was part of the pollution prevention plan that protected storm water from leaving the site. Selected water quality parameters were monitored along with solids-specific parameters. The results were compared in a before-during-after approach and an upstream-downstream approach using a two-sample t test for differences in the mean values during the different construction phases or locations. Construction activity caused a six-fold increase in total solids leaving the construction site during construction, as compared to precon-struction values. Construction activity had an effect on the distribution of particles in a suspension leaving the construction site. The solids control device, a rock-filter dam, had an effect on the particle-size distribution of suspended particles, but - in upstream-downstream analysis - did not produce a significant difference in solids leaving the construction site.
AB - A highway construction site was monitored to determine the effectiveness of a temporary sediment control (rock-filter dam) that was part of the pollution prevention plan that protected storm water from leaving the site. Selected water quality parameters were monitored along with solids-specific parameters. The results were compared in a before-during-after approach and an upstream-downstream approach using a two-sample t test for differences in the mean values during the different construction phases or locations. Construction activity caused a six-fold increase in total solids leaving the construction site during construction, as compared to precon-struction values. Construction activity had an effect on the distribution of particles in a suspension leaving the construction site. The solids control device, a rock-filter dam, had an effect on the particle-size distribution of suspended particles, but - in upstream-downstream analysis - did not produce a significant difference in solids leaving the construction site.
KW - Best management practice
KW - Construction industry
KW - Sediment
KW - Stormwater management
KW - Water pollution
KW - Water quality
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2006)132:10(1122)
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2006)132:10(1122)
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748789593
SN - 0733-9364
VL - 132
SP - 1122
EP - 1125
JO - Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
JF - Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
IS - 10
ER -