{"id":1071,"date":"2022-05-05T23:45:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T03:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/?page_id=1071"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:06:46","slug":"biochar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/biochar\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormwater Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 16pt;color: #008000\">Evaluation of biochar as a potential filter media for the roadside stormwater runoff<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Roadway construction can result in reduced soil porosity, reduced soil infiltration rate and increased water runoff. Based on biochar\u2019s porous structure and physicochemical properties, its use as a roadside soil amendment can hold a variety of benefits for erosion control, flood mitigation, and increased saturated hydraulic conductivity. Other benefits of biochar may include metal and contaminant removal, increased retention, and improved soil structure. This study seeks to evaluate the cost-effective use of biochar for <u>maximal stormwater infiltration and runoff quality <\/u>in amended soils and assess its ability to provide social and ecological co-benefits from healthy landscapes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid_biochar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid_biochar-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Khalid with Biochar columns\" class=\"wp-image-1090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid_biochar-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid_biochar-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid_biochar-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid_biochar-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid_biochar.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Denise_biochar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Denise_biochar-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Denise with Biochar columns\" class=\"wp-image-1089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Denise_biochar-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Denise_biochar-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Denise_biochar-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Denise_biochar-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Denise_biochar.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid-mixing-biochar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid-mixing-biochar-e1651810577484-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"Khalid preparing to pack the Biochar columns\" class=\"wp-image-1088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid-mixing-biochar-e1651810577484-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid-mixing-biochar-e1651810577484-878x1024.jpg 878w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid-mixing-biochar-e1651810577484-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid-mixing-biochar-e1651810577484-1317x1536.jpg 1317w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Khalid-mixing-biochar-e1651810577484.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evaluation of biochar as a potential filter media for the roadside stormwater runoff Roadway construction can result in reduced soil porosity, reduced soil infiltration rate and increased water runoff. Based on biochar\u2019s porous structure and physicochemical properties, its use as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/biochar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1071","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1775,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1071\/revisions\/1775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}