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Sustainable approaches for stormwater quality improvements with experimental geothermal paving systems

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dc.creator Tota-Maharaj, K
dc.creator Paul, P
dc.date 2015-01-22T09:37:22Z
dc.date 2015
dc.date 2015-01-22T09:37:22Z
dc.date 2015
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T14:53:54Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T14:53:54Z
dc.identifier Sustainability, 2015, 7
dc.identifier 1937-0709
dc.identifier http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9901
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/172715
dc.description This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.
dc.description This research assesses the next generation of permeable pavement systems (PPS) incorporating ground source heat pumps (geothermal paving systems). Twelve experimental pilot-scaled pavement systems were assessed for its stormwater treatability in Edinburgh, UK. The relatively high variability of temperatures during the heating and cooling cycle of a ground source heat pump system embedded into the pavement structure did not allow the ecological risk of pathogenic microbial expansion and survival. Carbon dioxide monitoring indicated relatively high microbial activity on a geotextile layer and within the pavement structure. Anaerobic degradation processes were concentrated around the geotextile zone, where carbon dioxide concentrations reached up to 2000 ppm. The overall water treatment potential was high with up to 99% biochemical oxygen demand removal. The pervious pavement systems reduced the ecological risk of stormwater discharges and provided a low risk of pathogen growth.
dc.language en
dc.relation Sustainability
dc.relation Sustainability
dc.subject Permeable pavement
dc.subject Pavement design
dc.subject Ground-source heat pumps
dc.subject Geothermal paving
dc.subject Sustainable urban drainage
dc.subject Urban runoff
dc.title Sustainable approaches for stormwater quality improvements with experimental geothermal paving systems
dc.type Article


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