Characterization of Runoff Quality from Paved Low Volume Roads and Optimization of Treatment Methods

With much of the contaminant load in urban areas originating from vehicular traffic, runoff quality in rural areas with low average daily traffic (ADT) may be more sensitive to surrounding land use (e.g., agricultural, forest, prairie, etc.). This project will further characterize runoff quality as a function of surrounding land use. Results will be used to optimize stormwater treatment practices for paved rural roads. This project will 1) characterize runoff contaminant concentrations for low volume, paved rural roads as a function of land cover/use and use this information to 2) provide recommendations to optimize stormwater treatment for paved roads in rural settings.

• Record URL:
  http://dotapp7.dot.state.mn.us/projectPages/pages/projectDetails.jsf?id=18074&type=CONTRACT
• Supplemental Notes:
  • INV 1027

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $206,915.00
• Contract Numbers:

  1003325 WO#23

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Local Road Research Board

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St. Paul, Minnesota  United States  55155-1899
• Managing Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Project Managers:

  Holdhusen, Bruce

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Minnesota Department of Civil, Environmental and Geo-Engineering

  500 Pillsbury Drive SE
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455
• Principal Investigators:

  Gulliver, John

• Start Date: 20171005
• Expected Completion Date: 20200930
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Erosion control; Land use; Low volume roads; Optimization; Runoff; Rural highways
• Subject Areas: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01648416
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1003325 WO#23
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 13 2017 11:18AM