Biofilter design for effective nitrogen removal from stormwater - influence of plant species, inflow hydrology and use of a saturated zone

Emily GI Payne; Tracey Pham; Perran LM Cook; Tim D Fletcher; Belinda E Hatt; Ana Deletic

Journal article

Biofilter design for effective nitrogen removal from stormwater - influence of plant species, inflow hydrology and use of a saturated zone

Emily GI Payne, Tracey Pham, Perran LM Cook, Tim D Fletcher, Belinda E Hatt, Ana Deletic

Water Science and Technology | IWA PUBLISHING | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.013

University of Melbourne Researchers

Tim Fletcher Author Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

Related Projects (1)

Catchment-Scale Retrofit: Experimental Assessment Of The Ability Of New Multi-Scale Urban Stormwater Management Approaches To Protect The Hydrology, Water Quality And Ecology Of Receiving Water Ecosystems

Grants

Awarded by ARC Linkage project undertaken at Monash University

Awarded by ARC

Funding Acknowledgements

This paper presents results from an ARC Linkage project (LP0990153) undertaken at Monash University with funding and generous support from the Australian Research Council, West Australian Department of Water (Antonietta Torre and Tania Liaghati) and Melbourne Water (Marion Urrutiaguer). Fletcher is supported by an ARC Future Fellowship (FT100100144). We would like to also thank Richard Williamson, Frank Winston, Tony Brosinsky, Jennifer Read, Tina Hines, Keralee Browne and Vera Eate for their assistance with this project and the anonymous peer reviewers for their valuable suggestions to improve the paper.