Life cycle optimisation for highway best management practices.
Highway runoff can cause a number of water quantity and quality problems. Stormwater management systems for highways have been developed based on a fast drainage for large storm situations. Non-point source pollution from highway runoff is a growing water quality concern. Stormwater quality control needs to be integrated into highway drainage design and operation to reduce the stormwater impacts on the receiving water. A continuous simulation/optimisation model for analysing integrated highway best management practices (BMPs) is presented. This model can evaluate the life cycle performance of infiltration and/or storage oriented highway BMPs. It can be directly integrated with spreadsheet optimisation tools to find the least cost options for implementing BMPs throughout a specified life cycle.
Lee
J G
JG
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, 428 Engineering Center, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0428, USA.
Heaney
J P
JP
Rapp
D N
DN
Pack
C A
CA
D019985:Benchmarking; D002947:Cities; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004323:Drainage, Sanitary; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D011891:Rain; D014872:Water Movements; D014881:Water Supply