Abstract
Many best management practices have been developed and implemented to treat the nonpoint source pollution of the aquatic environment in Korea's four major river basins. The performance and cost of these facilities were evaluated and compared using broad categories, including grassed swales, constructed wetlands, vegetated filter strips, hydrodynamic separators, media filters, and infiltration trenches, based on the monitoring and maintenance work undertaken between 2005 and 2012. Constructed wetlands, media filters, and infiltration trenches generally performed better in removing pollutants than other types of facilities, while media filters were the most expensive factor in terms of construction and operational costs. In addition, constructed wetlands incurred the least operational cost, as well as helping to control the quantity of runoff. This illustrates that a high cost facility does not necessarily give a better performance. A slightly more expensive facility, such as wetland, could prove to be a reasonably effective treatment. The selection of the most appropriate treatment for stormwater runoff should be based on an overall analysis of performance and cost.
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The preparation of this paper was supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.: 51002196 and 51009156). The authors thank Professor Youngchul Kim from Hanseo University in Korea.
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Yu, J., Yu, H. & Xu, L. Performance evaluation of various stormwater best management practices. Environ Sci Pollut Res 20, 6160–6171 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-1655-4
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