Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Diaz-Ramirez, Jairo N.
Committee Member
McAnally, William
Committee Member
Martin, James
Committee Member
Wilkerson, Wayne
Date of Degree
5-12-2012
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Civil Engineering
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
James Worth Bagley College of Engineering
Department
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Abstract
The use of best management practices has become common in recent years, leading to the need for hydrologic models to predict their behavior and effectiveness. A vegetated filter strip at Mississippi State University was used to test two models: the Hydrologic Simulation Program-FORTRAN Best Management Practices Editor (HSPF BMPrac) and the System for Urban Stormwater Treatment and Analysis Integration (SUSTAIN). Water samples were taken during the Spring of 2011 and tested for sediments and nutrients; HSPF was used for computing flows, sediments, and nutrients. The filter strip was not effective at pollutant removal with removal efficiency rates of 68.1, 91.7, 86.3, and 115.4 percent for total suspended solids (TSS), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and dissolved phosphorus (DP) respectively. Calibration of HSPF was successful for TSS with a R2 value of 0.52; nutrients were not as successful with R2 values of 0.11 and 0.43 for TN and TP.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/19324
Recommended Citation
Young, Alina Fay, "Evaluating a Vegetated Filter Strip in an Agricultural Field" (2012). Theses and Dissertations. 1944.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/1944