Porta-PSTA Mass Balance (Destructive) Sampling Pyeriphyton-based Stormwater Treatment Area (PSTA) Research and Demonstration Project
CH2MHill and Wenkert L. 2001. Porta-PSTA Mass Balance (Destructive) Sampling Pyeriphyton-based Stormwater Treatment Area (PSTA) Research and Demonstration Project. Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative. MON01-4. Everglades National Park/South Florida Natural Resources Center
Final Report Restoration efforts endeavor to not only return greater quantities of freshwater to the remnant Everglades, but also attain a level of water quality necessary for the continued health of the ecosystem. Periphyton-based Stormwater Treatment Areas (PSTAs) are one of the technologies currently available to reduce high loads of nutrients from waters entering the watershed.This CESI project funded the operation and monitoring of demonstration PSTAs to assess their potential efficacy downstream of more traditional stormwater treatment areas. The results of the study help illuminate the potential interaction between PSTAs and targeted phosphorus, calcium, and organic matter.CH2MHill. 2001. Porta-PSTA Mass Balance [Destructive] Sampling Periphyton-based Stormwater Treatment Area [PSTA] Research and Demonstration Project. Final Report prepared for Florida Department of Environmental Protection and South Florida Water Management District and submitted to the National Park Service (NPS) and Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative. Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- CH2MHill; Wenkert, Lori
- Date of Issue
- 2001-08
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- CESI, everglades, macrophytes, Monitoring, Periphyton, Phosphorus, PSTA, Sediments, Stormwater Treatment Areas, Water Quality
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Nutrient Dynamics | Nutrient Dynamics