Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/X011178/1
High Frequency Optical Fingerprinting of Urban Storm Runoff
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr k Khamis, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr C Bradley, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor G Sambrook Smith, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Pollutant pathways
- Urban emissions
- Water pollution
- Pollution
- Water quality
- Technol. for Environ. Appl.
- Abstract:
- Urban stormwater runoff delivers a complex cocktail of contaminants to receiving waters which degrades ecosystem health. However, we lack critical understanding of the links between pollution source, pathway and the fate of individual compounds (hydrocarbons, organic matter, tyre shards, etc.). This is largely due to the time-intensive sampling and laboratory work needed to collect, classify and count particles. To advance mechanistic understanding, and develop realistic physically-based simulations of riverine water quality, new approaches to data collection are required, particularly in urban catchments. This need is especially timely given the increasing frequency of combined sewage overflow (CSO) releases in the UK (>370k in 2021) that has led to the ongoing consultation around a new, more robust, Storm Overflows plan. This proposal takes an important step towards meeting this ambition by developing and applying new technology to enable continuous, in-situ characterisation of urban runoff, separating inorganic sediment, organic matter and anthropogenic particles such as microplastics and rubber fragments.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/X011178/1
- Grant Stage:
- Awaiting Completion
- Scheme:
- Standard Grant FEC
- Grant Status:
- Active
- Programme:
- Exploring the frontiers
This grant award has a total value of £70,547
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DI - Staff | DA - Estate Costs | DI - T&S | DA - Other Directly Allocated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £6,470 | £6,136 | £7,592 | £45,855 | £1,363 | £1,618 | £1,516 |
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