Publications

Renan Valenca, Annesh Borthakur, Huong Le, Sanjay K Mohanty (2021). Biochar role in improving pathogens removal capacity of stormwater biofilters. Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection.

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Maryam Ghavanloughajar, Annesh Borthakur, Renan Valenca, Meera McAdam, Chia Miang Khor, Timothy M. Dittrich, Michael K. Stenstrom, Sanjay K Mohanty (2021). Iron amendments minimize the first-flush release of pathogens from stormwater biofilters. Environmental Pollution, 281 (116989).

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Renan Valenca, Huong Le, Yeyang Zu, Timothy Dittrich, Daniel C. W. Tsang, Rupali Datta, Dibyendu Sarkar, Sanjay K. Mohanty (2021). Nitrate removal uncertainty in stormwater control measures: Is the design or climate a culprit?. Water Research, 190 (116781).

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R. Andrew Tirpak, ARM Nabiul Afrooz, Ryan J. Winston, Renan Valenca, Ken Schiff, Sanjay K Mohanty (2021). Conventional and amended bioretention soil media for targeted pollutant treatment: A critical review to guide the state of the practice. Water Research, 189 (116648).

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Renan Valenca, Annesh Borthakur, Yeyang Zu, Ed A. Matthiesen, Michael K. Stenstrom, Sanjay K Mohanty (2021). Biochar Selection for Escherichia coli Removal in Stormwater Biofilters. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 147(2) (06020005).

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Huong Le, Renan Valenca, Sujith Ravi, Michael K. Stenstrom, Sanjay K Mohanty (2020). Size-dependent biochar breaking under compaction: Implications on clogging and pathogen removal in biofilters. Environmental Pollution (115195).

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Maryam Ghavanloughajar, Renan Valenca, Huong Le, Merrick Rahman, Annesh Borthakur, Sujith Ravi, Michael K. Stenstrom, Sanjay K Mohanty (2020). Compaction conditions affect the capacity of biochar-amended sand filters to treat road runoff. Science of The Total Environment, 735 (139180).

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Renan Valenca, Kavita Ramnath, Timothy M. Dittrich, Robert E. Taylor, Sanjay K Mohanty (2020). Microbial quality of surface water and subsurface soil after wildfire. Water Research, 175 (115672).

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Mohammed Baalousha, Jingjing Wang, Md Mahmudun Nabi, Frédéric Loosli, Renan Valenca, Sanjy K. Mohanty, Nabiul Afrooz, Elizabeth Cantando, Nirupam Aich (2020). Stormwater green infrastructures retain high concentrations of TiO2 engineered (nano)-particles. Journal of Hazardous Material, 392 (122335).

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Alexander Berger, Renan Valenca, Yu Miao, Sujith Ravi, Shaily Mahendra, Sanjay K Mohanty (2019). Biochar increases nitrate removal capacity of woodchip biofilters during high-intensity rainfall. Water Research, 165 (115008).

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Sanjay K Mohanty, Renan Valenca, Alexander Berger, Iris K. M. Yu, Xinni Xiong, Trenton M. Saunders, Daniel C. W. Tsang (2018). Plenty of room for carbon on the ground- Potential applications of biochar for stormwater treatment. Science of the Total Environment, 625 (1644-1658).

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