Lake Quinsigamond, situated between Worcester and Shrewsbury MA, is subjected to urban contaminants which enter the lake via point sources. One such source is bridge drainage pipes from the I-290 bridge traversing the lake. The runoff from the pipes contributes various pollutants, decreasing water quality. To treat runoff drained from the bridge, a slow rate sand filtration system would be implemented to collect and filter the runoff before it enters the lake. Success will be measured by the overall improvement of water quality, cost efficiency and the sustainability of the system.

Creator

• Gaudet, Ben
• Hiatt, Megan
• Jocobs, Sam
• Esteve, Paul
• Horsley, Coleman

Contributors

• Wulf, Sharon A.
• Rosbach, Derren

Subject

• The World's Water

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS1217

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Last modified

• 2023-10-10