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. 2016 Nov 23;14(3):639–652. doi: 10.1007/s13762-016-1177-y

Table 1.

REO tagged sediment balance within the three SuDS networks

Monitoring period Release Week 2 Week 8 Week 16 Week 24 Week 32 Week 40 Week 48 Week 52
Roof
 Cumulative mass detained in system (%) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.1 99.1 98.4
 Cumulative detention in system (g) 600 3246 4296 4892 4983 4951 4955 4921
 Remaining release on urban surface (g) 5000 3400 1750 700 100 0 0 0 0
Of which
 Suspended total at time of sampling (g) 273 77 6 0.1 2 27 14 4
 Deposition due to resuspension (g) 12 1020 1102 839 889 929 1491 318
Car park
 Cumulative mass detained in system (%) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.7 99.7 99.2 97.5 97.0
 Cumulative detention in system (g) 2937 11,543 17,831 20,305 19,886 20,481 20,372 18,180
 Remaining release on urban surface (g) 21,000 18,606 9450 3150 2100 1050 315 0 0
Of which
 Suspended total at time of sampling (g) 106 159 0.04 0.2 0.3 189 88 72
 Deposition due to resuspension (g) 0 0 0 1301 91 481 344 105
Road
 Cumulative mass detained in system (%) 96.5 89.7 91.9 91.6 89.6 88.1 84.6 83.5
 Cumulative detention in system (g) 868 3229 5055 5441 5376 5283 5074 5012
 Remaining release on urban surface (g) 6000 4200 1560 300 7 0 0 0 0
Of which
 Suspended total at time of sampling (g) 450 179 8 7 13 48 17 16
 Deposition due to resuspension (g) 66 2389 477 691 688 499 824 124

The values are presented as grams and percentages of tagged sediment within the SuDS network

Average material lost to sample activities is 0.34 kg/year, SD 0.31