Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2010TX365B

Design and evaluation of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for urban stormwater quality improvement in South Texas

Institute: Texas
Year Established: 2010 Start Date: 2010-03-01 End Date: 2011-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $5,000 Total Non-Federal Funds: $16,177

Principal Investigators: Xubin Pan, Kim Jones

Project Summary: The increase in population and rapid development at the border of US and Mexico imposes a serious stormwater quality problem and potential flooding risk in the Arroyo Colorado Basin area. In order to improve urban stormwater quality, some Best Management Practices (baffle box and treatment wetlands) are being designed for City of McAllen, TX. Continuous flow monitoring will be used to survey the critical water quantity and quality parameters including flows, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, bacteria, and others. Then water quantity and quality can be evaluated after comparing the volume and concentration at the inlet and outlet of the BMP designs. A mathematical descriptive model of each BMP will be developed and validated using these data.