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Proposed Test Protocol for Evaluating Performance of Sediment Control Devices for Roadside Storm Water Runoff

Accession Number:

01153555

Record Type:

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Abstract:

This paper details an official testing program developed by researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) to classify sediment retention devices on the basis of their sediment removal performance. The testing facility designed as part of this study was constructed at the Texas Department of Transportation–TTI Hydraulics, Sedimentation, and Erosion Control Laboratory (HSECL) located at the Texas A&M University Riverside Campus. The facility consists of a parabola-shaped testing channel 4.6 m (15 ft) wide and 5.5 m (18 ft) long with a maximum depth of 0.8 m (2.5 ft) at the center and a slope of 3%. Two commercially available artificial sediments were mixed in equal proportions to create the artificial storm water for testing. The flow rate and turbidity of the water entering and leaving the channel were monitored for the duration of the test. The turbidity measurements were converted to suspended solid concentration by using a relationship developed in the HSECL laboratory. A simple mass balance calculation was used to determine the amount of sediment trapped in the channel.

Monograph Accession #:

01320946

Report/Paper Numbers:

10-2526

Language:

English

Authors:

McFalls, Jett
Desai, Aditya Raut
Foster, Derrold
Li, Ming-Han

Pagination:

pp 74-83

Publication Date:

2010

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Issue Number: 2170
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

9780309160391

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures; Photos; References (7) ; Tables (1)

Subject Areas:

Construction; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 25 2010 11:12AM

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