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title = "Modeling multi-year phosphorus dynamics in a bioretention cell: Phosphorus partitioning, accumulation, and export",
author = "Zhou, Bowen and
Shafii, Mahyar and
Parsons, Chris T. and
Passeport, Elodie and
Rezanezhad, Fereidoun and
Lisogorsky, Ariel and
Cappellen, Philippe Van",
journal = "Science of The Total Environment, Volume 876",
volume = "876",
year = "2023",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
url = "https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G23-7002",
doi = "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162749",
pages = "162749",
abstract = "Phosphorus (P) export from urban areas via stormwater runoff contributes to eutrophication of downstream aquatic ecosystems. Bioretention cells are a Low Impact Development (LID) technology promoted as a green solution to attenuate urban peak flow discharge, as well as the export of excess nutrients and other contaminants. Despite their rapidly growing implementation worldwide, a predictive understanding of the efficiency of bioretention cells in reducing urban P loadings remains limited. Here, we present a reaction-transport model to simulate the fate and transport of P in a bioretention cell facility in the greater Toronto metropolitan area. The model incorporates a representation of the biogeochemical reaction network that controls P cycling within the cell. We used the model as a diagnostic tool to determine the relative importance of processes immobilizing P in the bioretention cell. The model predictions were compared to multi-year observational data on 1) the outflow loads of total P (TP) and soluble reactive P (SRP) during the 2012-2017 period, 2) TP depth profiles collected at 4 time points during the 2012-2019 period, and 3) sequential chemical P extractions performed on core samples from the filter media layer obtained in 2019. Results indicate that exfiltration to underlying native soil was principally responsible for decreasing the surface water discharge from the bioretention cell (63 {\%} runoff reduction). From 2012 to 2017, the cumulative outflow export loads of TP and SRP only accounted for 1 {\%} and 2 {\%} of the corresponding inflow loads, respectively, hence demonstrating the extremely high P reduction efficiency of this bioretention cell. Accumulation in the filter media layer was the predominant mechanism responsible for the reduction in P outflow loading (57 {\%} retention of TP inflow load) followed by plant uptake (21 {\%} TP retention). Of the P retained within the filter media layer, 48 {\%} occurred in stable, 41 {\%} in potentially mobilizable, and 11 {\%} in easily mobilizable forms. There were no signs that the P retention capacity of the bioretention cell was approaching saturation after 7 years of operation. The reactive transport modeling approach developed here can in principle be transferred and adapted to fit other bioretention cell designs and hydrological regimes to estimate P surface loading reductions at a range of temporal scales, from a single precipitation event to long-term (i.e., multi-year) operation.",
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%T Modeling multi-year phosphorus dynamics in a bioretention cell: Phosphorus partitioning, accumulation, and export
%A Zhou, Bowen
%A Shafii, Mahyar
%A Parsons, Chris T.
%A Passeport, Elodie
%A Rezanezhad, Fereidoun
%A Lisogorsky, Ariel
%A Cappellen, Philippe Van
%J Science of The Total Environment, Volume 876
%D 2023
%V 876
%I Elsevier BV
%F Zhou-2023-Modeling
%X Phosphorus (P) export from urban areas via stormwater runoff contributes to eutrophication of downstream aquatic ecosystems. Bioretention cells are a Low Impact Development (LID) technology promoted as a green solution to attenuate urban peak flow discharge, as well as the export of excess nutrients and other contaminants. Despite their rapidly growing implementation worldwide, a predictive understanding of the efficiency of bioretention cells in reducing urban P loadings remains limited. Here, we present a reaction-transport model to simulate the fate and transport of P in a bioretention cell facility in the greater Toronto metropolitan area. The model incorporates a representation of the biogeochemical reaction network that controls P cycling within the cell. We used the model as a diagnostic tool to determine the relative importance of processes immobilizing P in the bioretention cell. The model predictions were compared to multi-year observational data on 1) the outflow loads of total P (TP) and soluble reactive P (SRP) during the 2012-2017 period, 2) TP depth profiles collected at 4 time points during the 2012-2019 period, and 3) sequential chemical P extractions performed on core samples from the filter media layer obtained in 2019. Results indicate that exfiltration to underlying native soil was principally responsible for decreasing the surface water discharge from the bioretention cell (63 % runoff reduction). From 2012 to 2017, the cumulative outflow export loads of TP and SRP only accounted for 1 % and 2 % of the corresponding inflow loads, respectively, hence demonstrating the extremely high P reduction efficiency of this bioretention cell. Accumulation in the filter media layer was the predominant mechanism responsible for the reduction in P outflow loading (57 % retention of TP inflow load) followed by plant uptake (21 % TP retention). Of the P retained within the filter media layer, 48 % occurred in stable, 41 % in potentially mobilizable, and 11 % in easily mobilizable forms. There were no signs that the P retention capacity of the bioretention cell was approaching saturation after 7 years of operation. The reactive transport modeling approach developed here can in principle be transferred and adapted to fit other bioretention cell designs and hydrological regimes to estimate P surface loading reductions at a range of temporal scales, from a single precipitation event to long-term (i.e., multi-year) operation.
%R 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162749
%U https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G23-7002
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162749
%P 162749
Markdown (Informal)
[Modeling multi-year phosphorus dynamics in a bioretention cell: Phosphorus partitioning, accumulation, and export](https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G23-7002) (Zhou et al., GWF 2023)
ACL
- Bowen Zhou, Mahyar Shafii, Chris T. Parsons, Elodie Passeport, Fereidoun Rezanezhad, Ariel Lisogorsky, and Philippe Van Cappellen. 2023. Modeling multi-year phosphorus dynamics in a bioretention cell: Phosphorus partitioning, accumulation, and export. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 876, 876:162749.
