Irvine, Joshua LelemiaKim, Albert S.2023-02-112023-02-112018-12Joshua Lelemia Irvine, Albert S. Kim, Understanding bioswale as a small water and wastewater treatment plant: A theoretical review, <em>Desalination and Water Treatment</em>, 135 (2018) 1–15, https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2018.23119http://hdl.handle.net/10790/7328Stormwater threats can be mitigated with the application of sustainable and renewable technologies such as low-impact development (LID) and best management practice (BMP). This paper aims to fill the present gap in practical applications and engineering science regarding modeling bioswales, a type of LID/BMP devices. Included is a new theoretical framework that treats bioswales as combined physico-chemical processes. A discussion of a coherent analogy between the bioswale and a conventional water and wastewater treatment plant (WWWTP) is presented without including biological processes. Finally, we provide new perspectives regarding computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for widespread use as a promising tool to optimize LID/BMP design for stormwater management.1 pageen-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesBioswalesComputational fluid dynamicsBest management practicesLow-impact developmentDesign OptimizationRunoffAbstract10.5004/dwt.2018.23119