title: Integral stormwater management master plan and design in an ecological community.
abstract: Urban stormwater runoff nearly discharges directly into bodies of water through gray infrastructure in China, such as sewers, impermeable ditches, and pump stations. As urban flooding, water shortage, and other environment problems become serious, integrated water environment management is becoming increasingly complex and challenging. At more than 200ha, the Oriental Sun City community is a large retirement community located in the eastern side of Beijing. During the beginning of its construction, the project faced a series of serious water environment crises such as eutrophication, flood risk, water shortage, and high maintenance costs. To address these issues, an integral stormwater management master plan was developed based on the concept of low impact development (LID). A large number of LID and green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) approaches were designed and applied in the community to replace traditional stormwater drainage systems completely. These approaches mainly included bioretention (which captured nearly 85th percentile volume of the annual runoff in the site, nearly 5.4×10(5)m(3) annually), swales (which functioned as a substitute for traditional stormwater pipes), waterscapes, and stormwater wetlands. Finally, a stormwater system plan was proposed by integrating with the gray water system, landscape planning, an architectural master plan, and related consultations that supported the entire construction period. After more than 10 years of planning, designing, construction, and operation, Oriental Sun City has become one of the earliest modern large-scale LID communities in China. Moreover, the project not only addressed the crisis efficiently and effectively, but also yielded economic and ecological benefits.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100044, China.. Electronic address: chewu812@163.com.
authors.forename: Wu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Che
authors.affiliation: Beijing Yuren Rainwater Eco-technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100044, China. Electronic address: autoflighter@qq.com.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Junqi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: China Aviation Planning and Construction Development Co., Ltd., Beijing 100120, China.
authors.forename: Man
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002958:City Planning; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004323:Drainage, Sanitary
keywords: Ecological community; Green stormwater infrastructure; Integral stormwater management; Low impact development; Master plan; Oriental Sun City