NCSU Stormwater Publications
Extension Fact Sheets & Design Bulletins
Urban Waterways Series (Stormwater BMP Design Bulletins)
         coming Winter/Spring 2011:
                                        Permeable Pavement Maintenance
                                        SCM Sizing Metrics
                                        Selecting a Target Effluent Concentration for SCMs
Other Guidebooks and Factsheets
Referreed Journal Articles
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Bacteria and Stormwater (8)
Hathaway, J.M., W.F. Hunt, A.K. Graves, K.L. Bass, and A.E. Caldwell. 2011. Exploring Fecal Indicator Bacteria in a Constructed Stormwater Wetland. Water Science & Technology, 63(11), 2707-2712.

Hathaway, J.M. and W.F. Hunt. 2011. Evaluation of First Flush for Indicator Bacteria and Total Suspended Solids in Urban Stormwater Runoff. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 217(1-4): 135-147.

Hathaway, J.M., W.F. Hunt, and O.D. Simmons. 2010. Statistical Evaluation of Factors Affecting Indicator Bacteria in Urban Stormwater Runoff. Journal of Environmental Engineering , 136(12): 1360-1368.
 
Bright, T.M., J.M. Hathaway, W.F. Hunt, F.L. de los Reyes, M.R. Burchell. 2010. Impact of Stormwater Runoff on Clogging and Fecal Bacteria Reduction in Sand Columns.
Journal of Environmental Engineering , 136(12): 1435-1441.

Hathaway, J.M., W.F. Hunt, and S.J. Jadlocki. 2009. Indicator Bacteria Removal in Stormwater Best Management Practices in Charlotte, North Carolina. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 135(12), 1275-1285.

Bright, T.M., M.R. Burchell, W.F. Hunt, W.D. Price. 2011. Feasibility of a Dune Infiltration System to Protect North Carolina Beaches from Fecal Bacteria Contaminated Stormwater. Journal of Environmental Engineering. (in press October 2011)

Hathaway, J.M., W.F. Hunt, A.K. Graves, J.D. Wright.  Field Evaluation of Bioretention Indicator Bacteria Sequestration in Wilmington, NC. Journal of Environmental Engineering (in press December 2011).

Hathaway, J.M. and W.F. Hunt. Indicator Bacteria Performance of Stormwater Control Measures in Wilmington, NC. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (accepted May 2011).

Bioretention (15)
Brown, R.A. and W.F. Hunt. 2011. Impacts of Media Depth on Effluent Water Quality and Hydrologic Performance of Under-sized Bioretention Cells. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 137(3): 132-143.

DeBusk, K. M., W. F. Hunt and D. E. Line. 2011. Bioretention Outflow: Does it Mimic Non-Urban Watershed Shallow Interflow? Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 16(3): 274-279.

Brown, R.A. and W.F. Hunt. 2010. Impacts of Construction Activity on Bioretention Performance. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 15(6): 386-394.

Jones, M.P. and W.F. Hunt. 2009. Bioretention Impact on Runoff Temperature in Trout Sensitive Waters. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 135(8): 577-585.

Passeport, E., W.F. Hunt, D.E. Line, R.A. Smith, and R.A. Brown. 2009. Field Study of the Ability of Two Grassed Bioretention Cells to Reduce Stormwater Runoff Pollution. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 135(4): 505-510.

Li, H., L.J. Sharkey, W.F. Hunt, A.P. Davis. 2009. Mitigation of Impervious Surface Hydrology using Bioretention in North Carolina and Maryland. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 14(4): 407-415.

Line, D.E. and W.F. Hunt. 2009. Performance of a Bioretention Area and a Level Spreader-Grass Filter Strip at Two Highway Sites in North Carolina. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 135(2): 217-224.

Davis, A.P., W.F. Hunt, R.G. Traver, M.E. Clar. 2009. Bioretention Technology: An Overview of Current Practice and Future Needs. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 135(3): 109-117.

Hunt, W.F., J.T. Smith, S.J. Jadlocki, J.M. Hathaway, P.R. Eubanks. 2008. Pollutant Removal and Peak Flow Mitigation by a Bioretention Cell in Urban Charlotte, NC.  Journal of Environmental
Engineering, 134 (5): 403-408.

Hunt, W.F., A.R. Jarrett, J.T. Smith, L.J. Sharkey. 2006. Evaluating Bioretention Hydrology and Nutrient Removal at Three Field Sites in North Carolina. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 132 (6): 600-608.

McNett, J.K.., W.F. Hunt, and A.P. Davis. 2011. Influent Pollutant Concentrations as Predictors of Effluent Pollutant Concentrations for Mid-Atlantic Bioretention. Journal of Environmental Engineering (in press - September 2011).

Brown, R.A. and W.F. Hunt. 2011. Underdrain Configuration to Enhance Bioretention Exfiltration to Reduce Pollutant Loads. Journal of Environmental Engineering. (in press - November 2011).

Hathaway, J.M., W.F. Hunt, A.K. Graves, J.D. Wright.  Field Evaluation of Bioretention Indicator Bacteria Sequestration in Wilmington, NC. Journal of Environmental Engineering (in press - December 2011).

Luell, S.K., W.F. Hunt and R.J. Winston. Evaluation of Undersized Bioretention Stormwater Control Measures for Treatment of Highway Bridge Deck Runoff. Water Science & Technology (accepted June 2011).

Davis, A.P., R.G. Traver, W.F. Hunt, R.A. Brown, R. Lee, J.M. Olszewski. Hydrologic Performance of Bioretention Stormwater Control Measures. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. (accepted June 2011)

Green Roofs (1)
Hathaway, A.M., W.F. Hunt, G.D. Jennings. 2008. A Field Study of Green Roof Hydrologic and Water Quality Performance. Transactions of the ASABE,  51(1): 37-43.

Level Spreaders, Vegetated Filter Strips & Swales (6)
Winston, R.J., W.F. Hunt, and W.G. Lord. 2011. Thermal Mitigation of Urban Stormwater by Level Spreader - Vegetative Filter Strips. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 137(8), 707-716.

Winston, R.J., W.F. Hunt, D.L. Osmond, W.G. Lord, and M.D. Woodward. 2011. Field Evaluation of Four Level Spreader - Vegetative Filter Strips to Improve Urban Stormwater Quality. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 137(3): 170-182.

Hunt, W.F., J.M. Hathaway, R.J. Winston, and S.J. Jadlocki. 2010. Runoff Volume Reduction by a Level Spreader - Vegetated Filter Strip System in Suburban Charlotte, NC. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 15(6): 399-503.

Line, D.E. and W.F. Hunt. 2009. Performance of a Bioretention Area and a Level Spreader-Grass Filter Strip at Two Highway Sites in North Carolina. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 135(2): 217-224.

Hathaway, J.M. and W.F. Hunt. 2008. Field Evaluation of Level Spreaders in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 134(4):538-542.

Winston, R.J., W.F. Hunt, S.G. Kennedy, J.D. Wright, and M.S. Lauffer. Field Evaluation of Stormwater Control Measures for Highway Runoff Treatment. Journal of Environmental Engineering. (accepted June 2011).

Maintenance & Installation of Stormwater Control Measures (3)
Hunt, W.F., M. Greenway, T.C. Moore, R.A. Brown, S.G. Kennedy, D.E. Line, W.G. Lord. 2011. Constructed Stormwater Wetland Installation and Maintenance: Are We Getting it Right? Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 137(8), 469-474.

Brown, R.A. and W.F. Hunt. 2010. Impacts of Construction Activity on Bioretention Performance. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 15(6): 386-394.

Bean, E.Z., W.F. Hunt, D.A. Bidelspach. 2007. A Field Survey of Permeable Pavement Surface Infiltration Rates. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 133 (3): 249-255.

Metrics for BMP/SCM Evaluation (2)
Lenhart, H.A. and W.F. Hunt. 2011. Evaluating Four Stormwater Performance Metrics with a North Carolina Coastal Plain Stormwater Wetland. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 137(2): 155-162.

McNett, J.K. W.F. Hunt, J.A. Osborne. 2010. Establishing Stormwater BMP Evaluation Metrics Based upon Ambient Water Quality Associated with Benthic Macro-invertebrate populations. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 136(5): 535-541.

Permeable Pavement & Pervious Friction Course Overlays (6)
Collins, K.A., W.F. Hunt, J.M. Hathaway. 2010. Side-by-Side Comparision of Nitrogen Species Removal for Four Types of Permeable Pavement and Standard Asphalt in Eastern North Carolina. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 15(6): 512-521.

Collins, K.A., W.F. Hunt, J.M. Hathaway. 2008. Hydrologic Comparison of Four Types of Permeable Pavement and Standard Asphalt in Eastern North Carolina. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 13(12): 1146-1157.

Bean, E.Z., W.F. Hunt, D.A. Bidelspach. 2007. Evaluation of Four Permeable Pavement Sites in Eastern North Carolina for Runoff Reduction and Water Quality Impacts. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 133(6): 583-592.

Bean, E.Z., W.F. Hunt, D.A. Bidelspach. 2007. A Field Survey of Permeable Pavement Surface Infiltration Rates. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 133 (3): 249-255.

Winston, R.J., W.F. Hunt, S.G. Kennedy, J.D. Wright, and M.S. Lauffer. Field Evaluation of Stormwater Control Measures for Highway Runoff Treatment. Journal of Environmental Engineering. (accepted June 2011).

Eck, B., R. Winston, W.F. Hunt, and M. Barrett. Water Quality from Permeable Friction Course. Journal of Environmental Engineering. (accepted July 2011).

Rainwater Harvesting (1)
Jones, M.P. and W.F. Hunt. 2010.
Performance of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in the Southeastern United States. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 54:623-629.

Runoff Characterization (1)

Passeport, E., and W.F. Hunt. 2009. Asphalt Parking Lot Runoff Nutrient Characterizationfor Eight Sites in North Carolina, USA. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 14(4): 352-361.

SCMs/ BMPs and Modeling (1)
Hunt, W.F., N. Kannan, J. Jeong, P.W. Gassman. 2009. Stormwater Best Management Practices: Review of Current Practices and Potential Incorporation in SWAT. International Agricultural Engineering Journal. 18(1-2): 73-89.

Stormwater Wetlands & Wet Ponds (8)
Hunt, W.F., M. Greenway, T.C. Moore, R.A. Brown, S.G. Kennedy, D.E. Line, W.G. Lord. 2011. Constructed Stormwater Wetland Installation and Maintenance: Are We Getting it Right? Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 137(8), 469-474.

Hathaway, J.M., W.F. Hunt, A.K. Graves, K.L. Bass, and A.E. Caldwell. 2011. Exploring Fecal Indicator Bacteria in a Constructed Stormwater Wetland. Water Science & Technology, 63(11), 2707-2712.

McNett, J.K. and W.F. Hunt. 2011. An evaluation of the toxicity of accumulated sediments in forebays of stormwater wetlands and ponds. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 218(1): 529-538.

Moore, T.C., W.F. Hunt, M.R. Burchell, J.M. Hathaway. 2011. Organic nitrogen exports from urban stormwater wetlands in North Carolina. Ecological Engineering. 37(4): 589-594.

Lenhart, H.A. and W.F. Hunt. 2011. Evaluating Four Stormwater Performance Metrics with a North Carolina Coastal Plain Stormwater Wetland. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 137(2): 155-62.

Jones, M.P. and W.F. Hunt. 2010. Effect of Stormwater Wetlands and Wet Ponds on Runoff Temperature in Trout Sensitive Waters. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 136(9): 656-661.

Hathaway, J.M. and W.F. Hunt. 2010. An Evaluation of Stormwater Wetlands in Series in Piedmont, North Carolina. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 136(1):140-146.

Hunt, W.F., C.S. Apperson, S.G. Kennedy, B.A. Harrison, W.G. Lord. 2006. Occurence and relative abundance of mosquitoes in stormwater retention facilities in North Carolina, USA. Water Science and Technology, Vol 52 (6-7): 315-321.

Thermal Pollution & Mitigation (3)
Winston, R.J., W.F. Hunt, and W.G. Lord. 2011. Thermal Mitigation of Urban Stormwater by Level Spreader - Vegetative Filter Strips. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 137(8), 707-716.

Jones, M.P. and W.F. Hunt. 2010. Effect of Stormwater Wetlands and Wet Ponds on Runoff Temperature in Trout Sensitive Waters. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 136(9): 656-661.

Jones, M.P. and W.F. Hunt. 2009. Bioretention Impact on Runoff Temperature in Trout Sensitive Waters. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 135(8): 577-585.

Reports & Non-referreed Journal Articles
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coming soon: Stormwater BMP Maintenance Considerations

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education Articles: Stormwater Management Issue (December 2010)
Watershed Retofit and Management Evaluation for Urban Stormwater Mangement Systems in North Carolina (DeBusk, Hunt, Upton & Sydorovych)
Improving Urban Stormwater Quality: Applying Fundamental Principles (Davis, Traver & Hunt)

Evaluating Pathogen Removal in Stormwater BMPs. Submitted to the Stormwater Consortium of UNC-WRRI (2010). 5.6 MB *.pdf

Evaluating Correlating Factors and the First Flush Phenomenon for Indicator Bacteria in Stormwater Runoff. Submitted to NCDENR (2010). 1.5 MB *.pdf

Final 319(h) Report: Demonstrating and Monitoring of Rainwater Harvesting/ Cistern Technology in North Carolina. Submitted to NCDENR (2010). 0.2 MB *.pdf

Final 319(h) Report: Putting LID on the "Big Box:" Integrating LID Technology on a Commercial Site. Submitted to NCDENR (2010). 2.2 MB *.pdf

Final Report: An Evaluation of the Toxicity of Accumulated Sediments in Stormwater Wetlands and Wet Ponds. Submitted to NCDENR (2010). 0.4 MB *.pdf

Final Report: Ritter Field Stormwater Wetland Performance. Submitted to NC EEP (2009). 1.3 MB .pdf

Final 319(h) Report: An Evaluation of the Dye Branch Wetlands. Submitted to NC EEP (2009). 0.5 MB .pdf

Final 319(h) Report: Pathogenic Bacteria in Coastal Waters, BMP Model Development, and Grassed Bioretention Research. Submitted to NCDENR (2008). 0.7 MB .pdf


Final Report: Falling Creek & Southwest Fork 319(h) Project: Demonstration and Research of Permeable Pavement, Construction Nutrients, and Stormwater Wetlands. Submitted to NCDENR. (2008) 1.1 MB .pdf

Hydrologic and Water Quality Comparison of Four Types of Permeable Pavement and Standard Asphalt in Eastern North Carolina (Collins, Hunt, & Hathaway, 2007) Submitted to ICPI. .pdf

Backyard BMP Design Manual - Div. of Soil & Water Conservation (2007) 6.1 MB .pdf

DSWC Backyard BMP Construction Costs Guidance (2007) 0.7 MB .pdf

Reports for the City of Charlotte, NC, on BMP Effectiveness (2007)
   Shade Valley Wet Pond (Hathaway, Hunt, Smith, & Johnson) 0.4 MB .pdf
   Pierson Wet Pond (Hathaway, Hunt, Smith, & Johnson) 0.4 MB .pdf
   Edwards Branch Stormwater Wetland (Hathaway, Hunt, & Johnson) 0.5 MB .pdf
   Bruns Avenue Stormwater Wetland (Johnson, Hathaway, and Hunt) 0.5 MB .pdf
   Morehead Dry Detention (Hathaway, Hunt & Johnson) 0.5 MB .pdf
   University Park Dry Detention (Hathaway, Hunt, and Johnson) 0.4 MB .pdf
   Hal Marshall Bioretention (Hunt, Smith, and Hathaway) 0.4 MB .pdf
   Westfield Level Spreader (Hathaway and Hunt)  0.3 MB .pdf

Level Spreader Field Survey: Report for NCDENR (Hathaway & Hunt, 2006) 0.8 MB .pdf

Best Management Practices for Marinas : A Guide for Operators (Hunt & Doll, 2007) 1.1 MB .pdf

Study on the Surface Infiltration Rate of Permeable Pavements (2004) 6.1 MB .pdf

Toisnot Creek Stormwater BMP Project Final Report: NC Section 319(h) NPS Program (2004) 2.1 MB .pdf

The Economics of Structural Stormwater BMPs in North Carolina (UNC-WRRI-2003-344)
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Stormwater Success Along the Neuse: Stormwater Journal Feature Article (2004)
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Public Interest Articles
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Thesis & Dissertation Publications
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Luell, Stacy Kathleen (2011). Evaluating the Impact of Bioretention Cell Size and Swale Design in Treating Highway Bridge Deck Runoff. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William F. Hunt, III. 12.4 MB .pdf

Brown, Robert Andrew (2011).
Evaluation of Bioretention Hydrology and Pollutant Removal in the Upper Coastal Plain of North Carolina with Development of a Bioretention Modeling Application in DRAINMODA dissertation published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William F. Hunt, III. 9.8 MB .pdf

Tillinghast, Erica Desmond (2011).
Stormwater Control Measure Discharge Standards to Improve Stream Geomorphic StabilityA thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Drs. William F. Hunt, III, and Gregory D. Jennings. 11.8 MB .pdf

Price, William Dixon (2010). Dune Infiltration Systems for Treating Coastal Stormwater Runoff.
A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. Michael R. Burchell, II. 23.6 MB .pdf

Hathaway, Jon Michael (2010).
An evaluation of indicator bacteria transport in stormwater runoff and removal in stormwater control measures. A dissertation published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William F. Hunt, III. 4.9 MB .pdf

McNett, Jacquelyn Kristine (2010). Proposing a New Method of Stormwater BMP Assessment and Evaluating the Toxicity of Forebay Sediments. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William F. Hunt, III. 13.4 MB .pdf

Winston, Ryan Joseph (2009). Field Evaluation of Level Spreader – Vegetated Filter Strip Systems for Improvement of Urban Hydrology and Water Quality. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William F. Hunt, III. 13.4 MB .pdf

Skipper, Gabrielle Marie (2008) Watershed-Scale Stormwater Monitoring of a Mixed Land Use Watershed in the North Carolina Piedmont. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William F. Hunt, III. 18.4 MB .pdf

Jones, Matthew Paul (2008). Effect of urban stormwater BMPs on runoff temperature in trout sensitive regions. A dissertation published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Drs. William F. Hunt, III, and Daniel H. Willits.

Lenhart, Hayes Austin (2008)
A North Carolina field study to evaluate the effect of a coastal stormwater wetland on water quality and quantity and nitrogen accumulation in five wetland plants in two constructed stormwater wetlands. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University under the direction of Dr. William F. Hunt, III. 3.5 MB .pdf

Tucker, Robert Smith (2007)
Urban Stormwater: First Flush Analysis and Treatment by an Undersized Constructed Wetland. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University under the direction of Drs. Jean Spooner and William F. Hunt, III . 4.3 MB .pdf 

Collins, Kelly Alyssa (2007)
A field evaluation of four types of permeable pavement with respect to water quality improvement and flood control. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William F. Hunt, III. 10.5 MB .pdf

Passeport, Elodie (2007) Asphalt parking lot runoff nutrient quality: characterization and pollutant removal by bioretention cells. A thesis published by the University of Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris, France), under the direction of Dr. William F. Hunt, III, and Dr. Francois Birgand. 1.2 MB .pdf

Bright, Tiffany Marie (2007)
An Examination of a Dune Infiltration System's Impact on Coastal Hydrology and Bacteria Removal. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William Hunt, III and Dr. Michael R. Burchell, II.

Johnson, Jennifer Lee. (2007) Evaluation of Stormwater Wetland and Wet Pond Forebay Design and Stormwater Wetland Pollutant Removal Efficiency. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William Hunt, III.2.6 MB link

Sharkey, Lucas John. (2006) The Performance of Bioretention Areas in North Carolina: A Study of Water Quality, Water Quantity, and Soil Media. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William Hunt, III. 5.0 MB .pdf

Bean, Eban Zachary. (2005) A Field Study to Evaluate Permeable Pavement Surface Infiltration Rates, Runoff Quantity, Runoff Quality, and Exfiltrate Quality. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William Hunt, III. 13 MB .pdf

Moran, Amy Christine. (2004) A North Carolina Field Study to Evaluate Greenroof Runoff Quantity, Runoff Quality, and Plant Growth. A thesis published by the Graduate School of North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. William F. Hunt, III, and
Dr. Greg Jennings. 6.2 MB .pdf

Hunt, William Frederick, III. (2003) Pollutant Removal Evaluation and Hydraulic Characterization for Bioretention Stormwater Treatment Devices. A dissertation published by the Graduate School of Pennsylvania State University, under the direction of Dr. Albert R. Jarrett. 3.4 MB .pdf
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