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Evaluation of the Multi-Chambered Treatment Train, a retrofit water-quality management device

January 1, 1999

This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the benefits and efficiencies of a device called the Multi-Chambered Treatment Train (MCTT), which was installed below the pavement surface at a municipal maintenance garage and parking facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Flow-weighted water samples were collected at the inlet and outlet of the device during 15 storms, and the efficiency of the device was based on reductions in the loads of 68 chemical constituents and organic compounds. High reduction efficiencies were achieved for all particulate-associated constituents, including total suspended solids (98 percent), total phosphorus (88 percent), and total recoverable zinc (91 percent). Reduction rates for dissolved fractions of the constituents were substantial, but somewhat lower (dissolved solids, 13 percent; dissolved phosphorus, 78 percent; dissolved zinc, 68 percent). The total dissolved solids load, which originated from road salt storage, was more than four times the total suspended solids load. No appreciable difference was detected between particle-size distributions in inflow and outflow samples.

Publication Year 1999
Title Evaluation of the Multi-Chambered Treatment Train, a retrofit water-quality management device
DOI 10.3133/ofr99270
Authors Steven R. Corsi, Steven R. Greb, Roger T. Bannerman, Robert E. Pitt
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 99-270
Index ID ofr99270
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Wisconsin Water Science Center