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- Title
Influence of Near-to-Nature Stormwater Management on the Local Water Balance Using the Example of an Urban Development Area.
- Authors
Keßler, Sabine; Meyer, Berenike; Seeling, Stephan; Tresse, Elisabeth; Krein, Andreas
- Abstract
Near-to-nature stormwater management aims at replicating the quasi-natural local water balance and preserving the ecosystem's integrity of affected waters. Surface waters in the urban areas of Trier-Petrisberg are managed by a separate sewer system in conjunction with a complex retention system. To investigate the effect of this alternative rainwater management practice on the local water balance, a differentiated discharge and groundwater monitoring network with a high spatio-temporal measurement resolution has been implemented within the watershed. Additional information regarding the proportion and spatial distribution of discharge-generating surfaces was provided through visual interpretation of aerial photographs. As a result of this analysis, groundwater levels were found to not be significantly affected by an increase of local sealed surfaces, and the ecologically-justifiable maximum discharge in the tributary was infrequently exceeded. Regarding further building development and climate change, the hydrological load capacity of the retention basins will provide effective rainwater management, even with respect to increasing precipitation intensities and frequencies.
- Subjects
URBAN runoff management; URBAN growth; WATER balance (Hydrology); BIOTIC communities; GROUNDWATER monitoring; DISTRIBUTION (Probability theory); WATER levels; GROUNDWATER recharge
- Publication
Water Environment Research (10614303), 2012, Vol 84, Issue 5, p441
- ISSN
1061-4303
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2175/106143012X13347678384729