Crystal Rock and Trib. 104 Sewershed Data, 2016, Montgomery County, MD
Dates
Publication Date
2017-08-13
Time Period
2016
Citation
Sparkman, S.A., 2017, Crystal Rock and Trib. 104 Histogram and Sewershed Data, 2016, Montgomery County, MD: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MS3QX2.
Summary
This data release includes the data used to generate sewershed "bubble plots" that compared pollutant removal efficiency (PRE) in each sewershed in the two study watersheds Crystal Rock (traditional watershed) and Tributary (Trib.) 104 low impact development (LID watershed) to determine if LID BMP design offered an improved water quality benefit as compared on a sewershed basis. Input/calibrants data used in the model (Monte Carlo) are described in the manuscript as mentioned in the list below: -BMP Name and Type: references in the manuscript -BMP Connectivity: Proprietary (derived from Montgomery County GIS Data) -BMP Drainage Areas: Proprietary (derived from Montgomery County GIS Data) -BMP Efficiency Ranges: referenced in manuscript [...]
Summary
This data release includes the data used to generate sewershed "bubble plots" that compared pollutant removal efficiency (PRE) in each sewershed in the two study watersheds Crystal Rock (traditional watershed) and Tributary (Trib.) 104 low impact development (LID watershed) to determine if LID BMP design offered an improved water quality benefit as compared on a sewershed basis. Input/calibrants data used in the model (Monte Carlo) are described in the manuscript as mentioned in the list below: -BMP Name and Type: references in the manuscript -BMP Connectivity: Proprietary (derived from Montgomery County GIS Data) -BMP Drainage Areas: Proprietary (derived from Montgomery County GIS Data) -BMP Efficiency Ranges: referenced in manuscript -Baseline Pollutant Loadings: referenced in manuscript Stormwater runoff and associated pollutants from urban areas in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed represent a serious impairment to local streams and downstream ecosystems, despite urbanized land comprising only 7% of the Bay watershed area. Excess nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment affect local streams in the Bay watershed by causing problems ranging from eutrophication and toxic algal blooms to reduced oxygen levels and loss of biodiversity. Traditional management of urban stormwater has primarily focused on directing runoff away from developed areas as quickly as possible. More recently, stormwater best management practices (BMPs) have been implemented in a low impact development (LID) manner on the landscape to treat stormwater runoff closer to its source.The objective of this research was to use a modeling approach to compare total watershed pollutant removal efficiency (TWPRE) of two watersheds with differing spatial patterns of SW BMP design (traditional and LID), and determine if LID SW BMP design offered an improved water quality benefit.
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Purpose
The purpose of this data set was to generate bubble plots for each sewershed in the study watersheds, Crystal Rock (traditional) and Tributary (Trib.) 104 low impact development (LID) from the Monte Carlo method data output. This data output purpose was to compare total pollutant removal efficiency on a sewershed basis to determine if LID BMP design offered an improved water quality benefit.
