doi: 10.7763/IJESD.2012.V3.181
Evaluation of the Impacts of Land Use on Storm Water Quality: Case Study from Western Australia
Ranjan Sarukkalige1
,
Shane Priddle2 ,
Dinushi Gamage3
- 1Department of Civil Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia
- 2Infrastructure Design Branch, Water Corporation, 629, Newcastle Street, Leederville WA 6007 Australia
- 3Tactical Asset Management, Water Corporation, 629, Newcastle Street, Leederville WA 6007 Australia
Abstract
This study evaluates the impacts of land use on storm water quality. Storm water samples were collected from three main land use areas; residential, commercial and industrial lands around the Town of Victoria Park in Western Australia. Each sample was tested to measure important water quality parameters. Time variation of storm water flow, rainfall intensity and storm water quality clearly showed that the highest concentration of pollutants in storm water occurs during the first flush event. Further analysis shows that the commercial storm water demonstrated the cleanest appearing storm water with lowest amounts of suspended solids whereas the industrial storm water had the dirtiest appearing storm water quality. Nutrients in the residential storm water have the lowest nitrate, ammonia and phosphate concentrations. Overall, the industrial land use site recorded the worst storm water quality. Study further provides recommendations for water quality improvement and management controls.
Keywords
- Storm water
- land use
- water quality
- pollutants
- water quality management
How to Cite
Ranjan Sarukkalige, Shane Priddle, and Dinushi Gamage, "Evaluation of the Impacts of Land Use on Storm Water Quality: Case Study from Western Australia," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 20-26, 2012. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJESD.2012.V3.181
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Copyright © 2012 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).