Sustainable urban storm water quality management supporting blue-green infrastructure

Important results from the project

(a) To increase the understanding with respect to interdependencies and responsibilities; (b) to provide an efficient method to assess flood water quality risks; (c) to find relationships between flood water quality risks and resilience as well as environmental and socio-economic parameters; (d) to find methods to improve flood water quality resilience; (e) to develop strategies for increased awareness and understanding among stakeholders; and (f) to propose steps toward improved flood water quality management.

Expected long term effects

The understanding of blue-green infrastructure solutions regarding interdependencies and responsibilities has been increased. Efficient methods to assess flood water quality risks have been proposed. Relationships between flood water quality risks and resilience as well as environmental and socio-economic parameters have been identified. Methods to improve flood water quality resilience have been developed. Strategies for increased understanding among stakeholders and steps toward improved flood water quality management have been proposed.

Approach and implementation

Blue-green infrastructure solutions have been assessed via theoretical and practical laboratory and field experiment approaches to propose methods for the assessment of flood water quality risks. Practical and statistical relationships between flood water quality risks and resilience as well as environmental variables have been defined. This has helped to develop methods to improve flood water quality resilience, strategies for increased understanding among stakeholders and propose steps toward improved flood water quality management.