Swimming in a Sea of Asphalt Stormwater Management in Greenville County May 30 th , 2007 C. Brannon Andersen, Gregory P. Lewis, Weston Dripps, Suresh Muthukrishnan
Swimming in a Sea of Asphalt Stormwater Management in Greenville County May 30 th, 2007 C. Brannon Andersen, Gregory P. Lewis, Weston Dripps, Suresh Muthukrishnan.
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Swimming in a Sea of Asphalt
Stormwater Management in Greenville CountyMay 30th, 2007
C. Brannon Andersen, Gregory P. Lewis, Weston Dripps, Suresh Muthukrishnan
Furman UniversityFurman University
Land Cover in the Enoree River BasinLand Cover in the Enoree River Basin
Muthukrishnan Muthukrishnan et alet al (2007)(2007)
temperature turbidity
HYDROSPHERE
surface, soil, ground
chemistry flow
WATERSHED INTEGRITY
waste air pollution
riparian zone damage habitat loss
HUMANS impervious surfaces
runoff flooding
scouring channelization
fishes amphibians
BIOSPHERE
microbes plants/algae inverts
bedrock soil
LITHOSPHERE
microbes plant roots
dust gases
ATMOSPHERE
rainfall
volume chemistry
Urbanization and
Stream Discharge
HydrologyHydrologyImperviousnessImperviousness
ForestedForestedET = 40%ET = 40%
DI = 25%DI = 25%
SI = 25%SI = 25%
RO = 10%RO = 10%
35-50%35-50%ET = 35%ET = 35%
DI = 20%DI = 20%
SI = 20%SI = 20%
RO = 30%RO = 30%
75-100%75-100%ET = 30%ET = 30%
DI = 5%DI = 5%
SI = 10%SI = 10%
RO = 55%RO = 55%
FloodsFloods
Flooding Frequency and IntensityFlooding Frequency and Intensity
TimeTime
Dis
char
geD
isch
arge
RainRain
Base FlowBase Flow
Storm FlowStorm Flow
RainRain
TimeTime
Dis
char
geD
isch
arge
Base FlowBase Flow
Storm FlowStorm Flow
BY33
Urbanized headwaters:
Mountain Creek, Brushy Creek and Rocky Creek
Watersheds
Land Cover in the Enoree River BasinLand Cover in the Enoree River Basin
Muthukrishnan Muthukrishnan et alet al (2007)(2007)
Mountain Creek WatershedLand Cover Map
Mountain CreekMountain Creek
Mountain Creek WatershedImperviousness Map
Brushy Creek Land CoverBrushy Creek Land Cover
Brushy Creek Impervious SurfaceBrushy Creek Impervious Surface
Rocky Creek LandcoverRocky Creek Landcover
1997 2003Water 0.6 0.5Vegetation 26.7 24.8Urban 8.8 10.7
Area (sq. km.)
Rocky Creek UrbanizationRocky Creek Urbanization
1997 2003Water 0.6 0.5Vegetation 26.7 24.8Urban 8.8 10.7
Area (sq. km.)
Rocky Creek UrbanizationRocky Creek Urbanization
Urbanization and
Water Quality
Brushy CreekBrushy CreekWater QualityWater Quality
r2 = 0.75
Water Quality Water Quality and and
UrbanizationUrbanization
r2 = 0.75
r2 = 0.81
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