Stormwater best management practices (BMPs) remove contaminants that would otherwise enter a receiving water body, but the precise removal efficiency of different BMP designs is unknown. Two Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) BMPs were studied to determine their effectiveness in contaminant removal. A field sampling program was developed, laboratory analyses were performed on stormwater samples, and these results were utilized to create models of the basins. An ideal design approach was developed for a new DCR BMP.

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Creator

• LaRochelle, Bryan Peter
• Schrader, Max Charles
• Weyburne, Ian Stevens
• LaRochelle, Cassandra Lynn

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042313-151150

Advisor

• Mathisen, Paul P.

Year

• 2013

Sponsor

• Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)

Date created

• 2013-04-23

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering
• Environmental Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright