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Alternativ Drainage. Verification of a concept for the decentralized biological treatment of surface runoff containing deicer by in situ tests at an airport
- Project Leader
- Pitha Ulrike, Project Leader
- Duration:
- 01.05.2018-30.06.2021
- Type of Research
- Applied Research
- BOKU Research Units
- Institute for Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control
- Institute of Soil Bioengineering and Landscape Construction
- Abstract
- Airport surface runoff during winter time contains high concentrations of pavement de-icing fluids. Uncontrolled discharge of this runoff poses a potential environmental hazard for the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem. One possibility is a soil based filter to treat the contaminated surface runoff. The main goal is to determine the capability of the in-situ soil and a soil based filter using structural filter materials to degrade the organic pollutants. Based on previous results, the use of a soil based filter shows to be a promising, passive, natural based solution for the treatment of de-icing runoff. This should now be verified in small areas in-situ at an airport.
- Keywords
- Vegetation technology;
- stormwater management; technical soil;