Research in Stormwater

Journal Articles:

Souza de Carvalho, J., Bello-Mendoza, R., & O’Sullivan, A. (2025). Field Performance of an Innovative Downpipe Roof Runoff Treatment System: Effect of Roof Material, Stormwater Characteristics, and System Age on Heavy Metals Removal. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 236(2). doi:10.1007/s11270-025-07766-w

Odeh, M., Doscher, C., & Cochrane, T. A. (2022). Removal of zinc from surface runoff by using recycled mussel shell waste as treatment media, with and without heat treatment. Environmental Technology and Innovation, 28. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2022.102814

Charters, F., O'Sullivan, A. D., & Cochrane, T.A. (2022). Influences of zinc loads in urban catchment runoff: roof type, land use type, climate and management strategies. Journal of Environmental Management. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116076

Bremner C., Cochrane TA., McGuigan P. and Bello-Mendoza R. (2020) Removal of dissolved heavy metals from stormwater by filtration with granular recycled glass and mussel shell with and without microalgae biofilm. Environmental Technology and Innovation 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.100662

Charters, F., Gregoire Carai, N., & Cochrane, T. (2021). Performance of downpipe treatment system for removal of dissolved metals from roof runoff. Environmental Technology and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.101472

Conferences:

Charters F., Clarkson A., Millar M., Moss C., Cochrane T. and O'Sullivan A. (2024) Performance Assessment of Storminator™ Barrel: A Dissolved Metal Treatment System. Wellington: New Zealand Stormwater Conference 2024, 14-17 May 2024.

Charters F., Moss C., Clarkson A., Millar M., Cochrane T. and O'Sullivan A. (2024) Influence of roof type, influent quality and treatment media type on the performance of a dissolved metals treatment system. Delft, Netherlands: International Conference on Urban Drainage, 10-14 Jun 2024.

F.J. Charters, A. Clarkson, M. Millar, C. Moss, T.A. Cochrane & A.D. O’Sullivan (2023). PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF STORMINATOR™ BARREL: A DISSOLVED METAL TREATMENT SYSTEM

O'Sullivan A, Hansen S, Maranan J, Cochrane T, Charters F. (2020). The Storminator™ - A Retrofittable, sustainable, stormwater solution for treating metal roof runoff.  Proceedings of the 2020 Stormwater Conference, Water New Zealand, Tauranga, New Zealand, August 26-28, 2020.

In the News:

Marine Farming Association (newsletter Summer 2024; pgs 39-42) in a collaboration with Havelock Shell Processors, suppliers of our material. MFANLSummer2024.pdf

Water Journal (issue 240; mentioned on page 62 : Water New Zealand July/Aug 2025)

Cleaning up zinc run-off from roofs. University stormwater research may help save aquatic life from fresh water toxicity. NZ Herald. 

UC researchers invent Storminator™ weapon.  Stuff, 2018