Comparison of the suitability of soil and sand filters for the treatment of run-off water of heavily used roads.
Evaluation of sand and soil filters of different road runoff treatment facilities.
Description
Natural road runoff treatment facilities work with different substrates. These can be sand or soil filters. This project investigates the flow, filtration and retention behaviour for contaminants of these two substrates.
Key Data
Projectlead
Project team
Simon Amrein, Roman Berger
Project partners
WST21 Michele Steiner; ILU AG; Geotest AG
Project status
completed, 01/2014 - 12/2017
Funding partner
Bundesamt für Strassen ASTRA
Project budget
30'000 CHF
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil