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    MAXIMIZING LANDSCAPE PERFORMANCE AT ADVENTIST HOSPITAL: HEALING THE PEOPLE, HEALING SLIGO CREEK
    (2016) Sorvalis, George; Ellis, Christopher D; Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA); Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    This paper answers the question of whether a design intervention on Washington Adventist Hospital’s Takoma Park campus can combine stormwater Best Management Practices with outdoor healing spaces, to improve the health of the local creek (Sligo Creek) while creating a restorative environment for the hospital community. To improve the health of Sligo Creek, a campus-wide stormwater analysis was undertaken, in addition to an intervention-site-specific stormwater analysis, and a literature review of stormwater best management practices. To create a restorative environment, a literature review of healing gardens was undertaken, in addition to a campus-wide site analysis, to uncover the most ideally suited site to create a restorative environment.
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    Field Evaluation of Low Impact Development Practices for Treatment of Highway Runoff in an Ultra Urban Area
    (2006-02-03) Pradhan, Ameya Ulhas; Davis, Allen P; Civil Engineering; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    The impact of two management practices, gutter filters and bioinlets, on stormwater highway runoff quality at an ultra urban area in Mt. Rainier, MD, was evaluated. The analyses were divided into 3 phases: before construction (32 events) (Flint,2004), gutter filters only (17 events) and gutter filters and bioinlets (14 events). Comparisons between phases 1 and 3 resulted in Total Suspended Solids (83%), cadmium (86-89%) and lead (84%) demonstrating statistically significant removal using the student's t test and the Mann-Whitney U test on the mean event mean concentration (EMC). Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (12%), nitrite (42%) and copper (29%) demonstrated statistically significant removal, while Total Phosphorus (20-40%) indicated an increase in EMC by the Mann-Whitney U test after phase 3, but these values were insignificant based on the student's t test. Results support the application of these stormwater management practices in urban areas.