Postgraduate Student Profile
David Newton: The Effectiveness of Modular Porous Pavement
as a Stormwater Treatment Device
Supervisors
- Dr Graham Jenkins, Griffith University
- Dr Ian Phillips, Griffith University
CRCCH project links
Personal background
- BE (Hons) Civil Engineering, University of Queensland
- MEngSt, University of Queensland
- Senior Engineer, Water Studies Pty Ltd, Brisbane
- CRC for Catchment Hydrology PhD Student, Griffith University,
Brisbane
Anticipated research outcomes/products
- Continuous simulation model of porous pavement hydrology.
- A method for predicting the water quality treatment efficiency
of porous pavement.
- Quantitative relationships between hydrologic, hydraulic
and water quality treatment behaviour for various pavement
configurations.
- Recommendations for a porous pavement design that will
be effective in controlling the impact of urbanisation under
Australian conditions.
"The introduction of impervious surfaces to a catchment
significantly alters the hydrologic regime of downstream waterways
and increases the potential for degradation of natural channels.
Impervious areas also reduce stormwater quality by providing
a surface from which accumulated pollutants are easily washed
off during a rainfall event. The objective of porous pavement
is to reduce these effects by replacing natural pervious areas
with a constructed pervious surface.
Despite the conceptual appeal of this approach, the potential
role of porous pavement in water sensitive urban design in
Australia has not been investigated in detail. The objective
of this research is to investigate the hydrologic and water
quality treatment effectiveness of porous pavement and to
develop an appropriate design methodology."
Contact
d.newton@griffith.edu.au |
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