Tim Fletcher

Dispersed Urban-Stormwater Control Improved Stream Water Quality in a Catchment-Scale Experiment

Christopher J Walsh, Moss Imberger, Matthew J Burns, Darren G Bos, Tim D Fletcher

Journal article  |  2022  |  WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Traditional urban drainage degrades receiving waters. Alternative approaches have potential to protect downstream waters, but wide..

Quantitative Trend Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Municipal Wastewater Exemplified with Sewershed-Specific COVID-19 Clinical Case Counts

Vince Pileggi, Jayson Shurgold, Jianxian Sunny Sun, Minqing Ivy Yang, Elizabeth A Edwards, Hui Peng, Amir Tehrani, KA Gilbride, Claire Jocelyn Oswald, Shinthuja Wijayasri, Dana Al-Bargash, Rebecca Stuart, Zeinab Khansari, Melanie Raby, Janis Thomas, Tim Fletcher, Albert Simhon

Journal article  |  2022  |  ACS ES&T Water

Real-time controlled rainwater harvesting systems can improve the performance of stormwater networks

WD Xu, MJ Burns, F Cherqui, S Duchesne, G Pelletier, TD Fletcher

Journal article  |  2022  |  Journal of Hydrology

Real-Time Control (RTC) technology is increasingly applied in Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) systems to optimise their performance rel..

Can we integrate ecological approaches to improve plant selection for green infrastructure?

C Farrell, SJ Livesley, SK Arndt, L Beaumont, H Burley, D Ellsworth, M Esperon-Rodriguez, TD Fletcher, R Gallagher, A Ossola, SA Power, R Marchin, JP Rayner, PD Rymer, L Staas, C Szota, NSG Williams, M Leishman

Journal article  |  2022  |  URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Modern cities are dominated by impervious surfaces that absorb, store and release heat in summer, create large volumes of runoff a..

Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems

Mateo Scoggins, Derek B Booth, Tim Fletcher, Megan Fork, Ana Gonzalez, Rebecca L Hale, Robert J Hawley, Allison H Roy, Erika E Bilger, Nick Bond, Matthew James Burns, Kristina G Hopkins, Kate H Macneale, Eugenia Marti, S Kyle McKay, Martin W Neale, Michael J Paul, Blanca Rios-Touma, Kathryn L Russell, Robert F Smith, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  Freshwater Science

Urban streams can provide amenities to people living in cities, but those benefits are reduced when streams become degraded, poten..

Riparian buffers: Disrupting the transport of E. coli from rural catchments to streams.

Timothy JY Lim, Robert Sargent, Rebekah Henry, Tim D Fletcher, Rhys A Coleman, David T McCarthy, Anna Lintern

Journal article  |  2022  |  Water Res

High levels of E. coli and associated faecal microbes in waterways as a result of agricultural and residential land use can pose e..

Side-Stream Comparison of Peracetic Acid and Chlorine as Hypochlorite for Disinfection of Municipal Wastewater Effluent at a Full-Scale Treatment Facility, Ontario, Canada

Vince Pileggi, José R Bicudo, Monica Nowierski, Mano Manoharan, George Lai, Tim Fletcher, Albert Simhon

Journal article  |  2022  |  ACS ES&T Engineering

Moving to a future of smart stormwater management: A review and framework for terminology, research, and future perspectives.

James L Webber, Tim Fletcher, Raziyeh Farmani, David Butler, Peter Melville-Shreeve

Journal article  |  2022  |  Water Res

Stormwater hazards are a significant threat across the globe. These are continuing to increase in line with urbanisation and clima..

Influence of water storage and plant crop factor on green roof retention and plant drought stress

Lubaina Soni, Christopher Szota, Tim D Fletcher, Claire Farrell

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS Water

Green roofs can reduce stormwater runoff with deeper substrates providing greater storage for water retention and evapotranspirati..

Linking stormwater control performance to stream ecosystem outcomes: Incorporating a performance metric into effective imperviousness

Christopher J Walsh, Matthew J Burns, Tim D Fletcher, Darren G Bos, Peter Poelsma, Joshphar Kunapo, Moss Imberger

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS Water

Stormwater control measures, such as raingardens, tanks, or wetlands, are often employed to mitigate the deleterious effects of ur..