TY - RPRT T1 - Evaluating hydrodynamic behaviour and pollutant removal in various stormwater treatment pond configurations AU - Jansons, K. AU - German, J. AU - Howes, T. DO - 10.4122/1.1000001248 UR - https://www.datacite.org/invalid.html AB - This research aims to establish a relationship between pond geometry and hydrodynamic behaviour. In this paper the mixing quality and pollutant removal efficiency of seven stormwater pond configurations are evaluated. Both two-dimensional depth averaged flow simulations (Mike 21) and a compartmental modelling approach are employed in this process. Outcomes of this study reveal the common design assumption that all stormwater treatment ponds are either plug flow or well mixed is flawed. Results also indicate that square configurations are more susceptible to the formation of mixing imperfections including stagnation, recirculation and short-circuiting than long narrow configurations. The presence of mixing imperfections were also found to adversely impact pond pollutant removal capacity. KW - Mixing KW - pollutant removal KW - plug flow KW - stormwater treatment pond PY - 2005 PB - DTU Library, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) LA - en ER -