PUBLICATIONS ONLINE

Decentralized Urban Water Infrastructure; Co-authored by Franco Montalto and Eric Rothstein Download PDF ▼

Implementation and Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Green Infrastructure Technology in Newark, NJ;
Joint report prepared by the Interstate Environmental Commission and eDesign Dynamics Download PDF ▼

Rapid Assessment of the Cost Effectiveness of Low Impact Development for Control of Combined Sewer Overflows;
Co-authored by Sustainable Engineering Franco Montalto, Christopher Behr, Katherine Alfredo, Max Wolf, Matvey Arye and Mary Walsh Download PDF ▼

Sustainable Raindrops Source Control Report; Franco Montalto contributed to the report Download PDF ▼

The Next Step in Green?; Co-authored by Franco Montalto and Patricia Culligan Download PDF ▼

WORKS PUBLISHED OR ACCEPTED IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Alfredo, K;  Montalto, FA; & A. Goldstein (2010) Observed and Modeled Performance of Prototype Green Roof Test Plots Subjected to Simulated Low and High Intensity Precipitation in a Laboratory Experiment. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering.Vol. 15.Issue 6.444-457.

Basinger, M; Montalto, FA; and U Lall (2010) A Rainwater Harvesting System Reliability Model Based on Nonparametric Stochastic Rainfall Generator. Journal of Hydrology.392. 105-118.

Cataldo, J; Behr, C; Montalto, FA; Pierce, RJ (2010) Prediction of Transmission Losses in Ephemeral Streams: Western USA. Open Journal of Hydrology. Vol. 4.pp 19-34.

Catalano de Sousa, M; Montalto, FA; and S Spatari. (2011) LCA as a Tool to Evaluate Watershed-Scale CSO control Strategies, including Green Infrastructure. Journal of Industrial Ecology. (in press)

Collick, AS; Easton, ZM; Montalto, FA; Gao, B; Kim, YJ and T Steenhuis. (2006) Hydrologic Evaluation of Septic Disposal Field Design in Sloping Terrains”. Journal of Environmental Engineering 132: 1289-1297

Chambers, RM; Osgood, DT; Bart, DJ and Montalto, FA (2003). Phragmites australis Invasion and Expansion in Tidal Wetlands: Interactions among Salinity, Sulfide, and Hydrology. Estuaries. Vol. 26, No. 2b, 398-406.

DiGiovanni, K; Gaffin, S; Montalto, FA and C Rosenzweig (2010) The Applicability of Classical Predictive Equations for the Estimation of Evapotranspiration from Urban Green Spaces: Green Roof Results. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (in press)

Gurian, PL; Aktan, AE; Montalto, FA and F. Moon.(2010) Research Priorities for Infrastructure Asset Management COMMONWEALTH: A Journal of Political Science Vol. 9.4, pp 43-53.

Montalto, FA and T Steenhuis (2004). The Link between Hydrology and Restoration of Tidal Marshes in the NY/NJ Estuary. Wetlands. Vol. 24, No. 2 pp. 414-425.

Montalto, FA, T. S. Steenhuis, and J.-Y. Parlange (2006) The hydrology of Piermont Marsh, a reference for tidal marsh restoration in the NY Estuary, Journal of Hydrology., 316 (1-4) 108-128.

Montalto, FA; Parlange, J-Yves; and TS Steenhuis, (2007). A Simple Model of For Predicting Water Table Fluctuations in a Tidal Marsh. Water Resources Research. 43, W03439, doi:10.1029/2004WR003913.

Montalto, FA; Behr, CT; Alfredo, K; Wolf, M; Arye, M; and M. Walsh (2007) A Rapid Assessment of the Cost Effectiveness of Low Impact Development for Control of Combined Sewer Overflows Landscape and Urban Planning 82: pp. 117-131.

Montalto, F, and D. Tagliapietra, E. Trevisiol. (1996). Natural Treatment Systems in the Venetian Lagoon, Case Study: The Island of Lazzaretto Nuovo. Ingegneria Sanitaria Ambientale. ANDIS: Perugia (Italy). No. 3-4. 40-88.

Montalto, FA; Bartrand, TA; Waldman, AM; Travaline, K; Loomis, C; McAfee, C; Geldi, J and G. Riggal. (2012) Decentralized Green Infrastructure: The Importance of Stakeholder Behavior in Determining Spatial and Temporal Outcomes. Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering.1-19.

Spatari, S; Yu, Z and Montalto, FA (2011) Life Cycle Implications of Urban Green Infrastructure Development. Environmental Pollution.159 (8-9) 2174-2179.

Zhou, J, Montalto, FA; Erdal, ZK; Mcreanor, PT (2009) Sustainability. Water Environment Research, pp. 1451-1489 (39)

Zhou, J; Erdal, ZK; Mcreanor, PT Montalto, FA (2010) Sustainability. Water Environment Research.82 (10).1376-1395.

Zhou, J; Mcreanor, PT; Montalto, FA; Erdal, ZK; (2011) Sustainability. Water Environment Research.83 (10).1414-1438.

Zhou, J, Montalto, FA; Erdal, ZK; Mcreanor, PT (2012) Sustainability. Water Environment Research, (in press)

BOOK CHAPTERS

Montalto, FA; Behr, CT ; Yu, Z (2011) Accounting for Uncertainty in Determining Green Infrastructure Cost-effectiveness. In Thurston, H., ed. Economic Incentives for Stormwater Control. CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL. 256 pp.

Montalto, FA and N Rostad (2010) “Chapter 16: Challenges and Opportunities for Rainwater Harvesting in US Metropolitan Areas” in Zehman, F (ed) Handbook of Metropolitan Sustainability: Understanding and Improving the Urban Environment. (in press)

Montalto, FA “Optimism and the Future of Urban Water Infrastructure” an essay in Brookner, J. (2009) Urban Rain: Stormwater as Resource.ORO Editions, 64 pp.

Montalto, FA; Steenhuis, T; and JY Parlange. (2002). The Restoration of Tidal Marsh Hydrology. In Brebbia, CA (ed), Coastal Environment: Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions IV. WIT Press, 35-47.

Montalto, F. (1996) Biofitodepurazione in Nord America (Natural Treatment Systems in North America). In Parancola, S and ER Trevisiol, (eds). L’Acqua Salvata: Utilizzo Integrato del Ciclo dell’Acqua in Una Prospettiva di Biourbanistica (Reclaimed Water: The Integrated Use of the Water Cycle in Bio-Planning). (pp. 77-88) Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, Dipartimento di Urbanistica. (In Italian)

Tillinger, D; Ostroff, G; Beattie, D; Berghage, R; Mankiewicz, P; and F Montalto (2004) Hydrological Functions of Green Roofs in New York City. In Rosenzweig, C; Solecki, W; and C Cheney (eds.) Green Roofs in the New York Metropolitan Region: Research Report I. (pp. 55-72.)NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies: New York.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Alizadehtazi, B; Montalto, FA; and AE Aktan (2012) Routing Bridge Deck Runoff to Underlying Riparian Ecosystems: Soil Moisture and Thermal Loads. Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Conference, Albuquerque, NM, May 20-24, 2012.

Alizadehtazi, B; DiGiovanni, K; Gurian, PL; and Montalto, FA. (2011) Relationships Between Land Cover and Infiltration Capacity in Urban Landscapes. Proceedings of the 2011 LID Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. September 25-28, 2011. Sustainable Engineering.

Bartrand, T; Montalto, FA; Lall, U; Steenhuis, T and T Wolde-Georgis (2008) “Preliminary results of an agent-based simulation featuring the coupled hydrologic and human interactions typical of a rural Ethiopian village” paper presented at International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes, and Groundwater Management Responses. Convened by UNESCO, University of California, Irvine, and USGS

Behr, CT and Montalto, FA (2008). “Risk Analysis Application for Assessing the Cost-effectiveness of Low Impact Development for CSO Control using LIDRA” Paper presented at the 2008 International Low Impact Development Conference, organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Nov. 16-19, 2008. Seattle, WA

Behr, CT and Montalto, FA (2012) “Accounting for Uncertainty in the Economic Valuation of Green Infrastructure Investments” Paper presented at the 2012 Stormwater Symposium, organized by the Water Environment Federation, July 18-20, 2012. Baltimore, MD. Sustainable Engineering.

Braden, J; Ghalayini, D; Grant, J; Kloss, C; MacMullen, E; Morse, S; Montalto, FA; Nees, D; Nowak, S; Peck, S; Shaikh, S; Wise, S; and C Yu (2009) Integrating Valuation Methods to Recognize Green Infrastructure’s Multiple Benefits. Proceedings of the 2010 International LID Conference “Redefining Water in the City” April 11-14, 2010 Westin Airport Hotel, San Francisco, CA

Britton, J; Galada, H; Gurian, P; Montalto, FA; O’Connor, S; Piasecki, M and M Sheller. (2011) Stakeholder Priorities for Water and Sanitation Development in Leogane, Haiti.Oral presentation and extended abstract.AEESP Research and Education Conference. University of South Florida, July 11, 2011.

Catalano de Sousa, M; Montalto, FA; Spatari, S; Li, C and S. Rangarajan (2012) Assessing the Life Cycle Performance of Alternative CSO Reduction Strategies.Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Conference, Albuquerque, NM, May 20-24, 2012. Sustainable Engineering.

DiGiovanni, K; Montalto, FA and S. Gaffin (2012) Evapotranspiration from Urban Green Spaces in the Urban Northeast.Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Conference, Albuquerque, NM, May 20-24, 2012.

DiGiovanni, K; Gaffin, S; Montalto, FA and C Rosenzweig (2010) Evaluation of Physically and Empirically-based Models for the Estimation of Green Roof Evapotranspiration.Oral Presentation at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

DiGiovanni, K; Gaffin, S and Montalto, FA (2009) Green Roof Hydrology: Results from a Small-Scale Lysimeter Setup (Bronx, NY). Proceedings of the 2010 International LID Conference “Redefining Water in the City” April 11-14, 2010 Westin Airport Hotel, San Francisco, CA

DiGiovanni, K; Gaffin, S; Montalto, FA, and C Rosenzweig. (2011) The Applicability of Classical Predictive Equations for the Estimation of Evapotranspiration from Urban Green Spaces: Green Roof Results. Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Conference, Palm Springs, California, May 22-26, 2011.

DiGiovanni, K; Montalto, FA; Gaffin, S; and C Rosenzweig (2011) Measurement and Estimation of Evapotranspiration from Urban Green Spaces in New York City.Proceedings of the 2011 LID Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. September 25-28, 2011.

Goldstein, A and Montalto, FA (2009) Resolution and Uncertainty Analysis of a Block-Scale Urban Drainage Model.Proceedings of the ASCE Environment and Water Resources Institute Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, May 16-20, 2010

Goldstein, A and Montalto, FA (2009) Uncertainty in the Modeling of Urban Green Infrastructure.Watershed Management 2010 Conference, ASCE-EWRI Madison, Wisconsin, August 23-27, 2010

Goldstein, A and Montalto, FA (2011). Comparison of a High and Low Spatial Resolution Model for an Urban Block and Implications for Depicting Low Impact Development. (2011) Proceedings of the 2011 LID Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. September 25-28, 2011.

Khader, O and Montalto, FA (2008) “Development and Calibration of a High Resolution SWMM Model for Simulating the Effects of LID Retrofits on the outflow hydrograph of a dense urban watershed” Paper presented at the 2008 International Low Impact Development Conference, organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Nov. 16-19, 2008. Seattle, WA

Montalto, FA and A Waldman (2010) Green Stormwater Infrastructure: A Prototypical Multi-Domain Complex Infrastructure System. Proceedings from the Fifth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety, and Management, July 11-15 2010 Philadelphia, PA

Montalto, FA and A Waldman, T Bartrand, K Travaline, C Loomis, C McAfee, J Geldi and G Riggal (2010) The Emergence of Urban Hydrologic Outcomes from Inter-Related Social and Physical Dynamics. Oral presentation at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Montalto, FA and W Lucas (2011) How Are Low Impact Stormwater Control Measures Simulated By Different Computational Models? Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Conference, Palm Springs, California, May 22-26, 2011.

Moon, F.L.; Gurian, P; Montalto, FA and A.E. Aktan (2008) Integrating human, natural and engineered systems and associated paradigms for infrastructure asset management.Fourth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management(IABMAS 08), Seoul, Korea

Nichols, C; Montalto, FA; Rothstein, E; Bayley, A; and B Mitchell (2011) Implementation and Assessment of the Effectiveness of a Green Infrastructure Technology in Newark.Proceedings of the 2011 LID Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. September 25-28, 2011.

Pradhan, AR; Gurian, PL; Montalto, FA; Moon, F; and AE Aktan (2010) System-Identification of Multi-Domain (Human, Natural, and Engineered) Infrastructure systems.Proceedings from the Fifth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety, and Management, July 11-15 2010 Philadelphia, PA

Rostad, N; White, S; and Montalto, FA (2012) Incorporating Experiments under Simulated Rainfall to Improve Curve Number Estimates Influence of Canopy Interception on the SCS Initial Abstraction. Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Conference, Albuquerque, NM, May 20-24, 2012.

Rostad, N; DiGiovanni, K and Montalto, FA (2012) Ecosystem Service Valuation of Three Green Infrastructure Installations in New York City. Oral presentation at the 2012 American Water Works Association 2012 Sustainable Water Management Conference March 18-21, 2012 – Portland, Oregon

Rostad, N and Montalto, FA (2011) Assessing Rainwater Harvesting Potential in Four US Cities.Proceedings of the 2011 LID Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. September 25-28, 2011.

Rostad, N; White, S; DiGiovanni, K; and Montalto, FA (2011) Canopy Interception in Vegetated Stormwater Management Features.Oral Presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 5-9, 2011

Travaline, KA; Waldman, AM; and Montalto, FA (2011) Managing Uncertainty and Complexity in the Development of a Green Infrastructure Program Through Stakeholder Participation: An Analysis of a Participatory Process through Deliberative Democracy Lens. Proceedings of the 2011 LID Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. September 25-28, 2011.

Waldman, A; Bartrand, T; Travaline, K; Montalto, FA; Riggal, G; Geldi, J; McAffee, C and C Loomis. (2011) Exploring Green Infrastructure Program Scenarios in a Gentrifying Ultra-Urban Blighted Neighborhood.Proceedings of the 2011 LID Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. September 25-28, 2011.

Wegst, UGK; Barr, CM; and Montalot, FA (2010) Eco-Audit of Seven Green Infrastructure Practices. Proceedings from the Fifth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety, and Management, July 11-15 2010 Philadelphia, PA

Yu, Z; Aguayo, M; Piasecki, M and Montalto, FA (2010) Developments in LIDRA 2.0: a planning level assessment of the cost-effectiveness of low impact development. Proceedings of the ASCE Environment and Water Resources Institute Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, May 16-20, 2010

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Basinger, M; Lall, U; and Montalto, FA (2008) “SARET:  A Rainwater Harvesting Storage Tank Sizing Tool Based on a Bootstrapped Markov Chain Model” Poster presented at the 2008 International Low Impact Development Conference, organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Nov. 16-19, 2008. Seattle, WA

Bayley, A and Montalto, FA (2011) Opportunities and Challenges for Collaboration in a Community-based LID project in Newark, NJ. Poster Presented at the 2011 LID Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. September 25-28, 2011. Sustainable Engineering.

Catalano de Sousa, MR; Montalto, FA; and Spatari, S. (2011) LCA as a Tool to Evaluate Green Infrastructure Environmental Performance. Poster presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Dec. 5-9, 2011

DiGiovanni, K; Montalto, FA; Gaffin, S; and C. Rosenzweig (2012) Determination of Evapotranspiration from a Green Roof in the Urban Northeast.

DiGiovanni, K and Montalto, FA (2009) Evaluation of the sustainability of rainwater harvesting and wastewater reuse to mitigate urban water issues: A NYC water quality perspective. Poster presented at PENNTEC 2009, Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania Water Environment Association (PWEA), June 7-10, 2009 Lancaster, PA

DiGiovanni, K; Gaffin, S; and Montalto, FA (2009) Low Impact Development (LID) Technologies for Sustainable Stormwater Management: Studies from a Green Roof Poster presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18, 2009

DiGiovanni, K; Gaffin, S; and Montalto, FA (2009) The experimental results from a green roof lysimeter. Poster presented at 2010 Watershed Management Conference Madison, WI, August 23-27, 2010

DiGiovanni, K.; Goldstein, A; Montalto, FA; Morin, T; Reinhardt, L; Shaw, R; Shetty, N; and S. Yaeger. (2010) Evaluation of the Stormwater Capture Potential of New York City Soils: Implications of Infiltration Rate Variability on Urban Runoff Predictions. Presented at Million Trees Research Conference, NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation.

DiGiovanni, K; Rostad, N; Montalto, FA; Gaffin, S; and C Rosenzweig (2011) A Comparative Analysis of Evapotranspiration from Urban Green Spaces in the Northeast US. Poster presented at the 2011 AGU Fall Meeting. December 5-9, 2011 San Francisco, CA.

DiGiovanni, KA; Montalto, FA; and A Goldstein. (2010) “Evaluation of the Stormwater Capture Potential of New York City Soils: Implications of Infiltration Rate Variability on Urban Runoff Predictions” Cities and the Environment. (13)1. Pp 15. Available at http://escholarship.bc.edu/cate/vol3/iss1/15

Goldstein, A; DiGiovanni, K and Montalto, FA (2009) Statistical Examination of the Resolution of a Block-Scale Urban Drainage Model. Poster presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18, 2009

Moon, F.L.; Gurian, P; Montalto, FA and A.E. Aktan (2008) “Integrating human, natural and engineered systems and associated paradigms for infrastructure asset management,” Fourth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 08), Seoul, Korea

Montalto, FA; Behr, CT; Culligan, PJ; Vilnrotter, K; Fe, AZ (2006) “Brooklyn Property Owner Opinions And The Urban Water Cycle” Paper No. 116-5 presented at the Geological Society of America: Annual Meeting, October 22-25, 2006  Philadelphia, PA. Poster accessible at:

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2006AM/finalprogram/abstract_114332.htm

Montalto, FA (2004) “Marsh Hydrology: A Simple Model for Predicting Water Table Elevation Fluctuations” Presented at the American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference: Salt Marsh Geomorphology: Physical and Ecological Effects on Landform, October 9-13, 2004    Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Rostad, N and Montalto, FA (2011) Interception Storage Capacities of Plants Used in Vegetated Stormwater Management Features. Poster Presented at the 2011 LID Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. September 25-28, 2011.

Yu, Z and Montalto, FA (2011) Optimizing Selection of Decentralized Stormwater Management Strategies in Urbanized Regions with LIDRA 2.0. Poster presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9. San Francisco, CA.

Yu, Z; DiGiovanni, K and Montalto, FA (2010) Using a Calibrated Thornthwaite Mather Model to Estimate the Effects of Green Infrastructure on Hydro Fluxes in an Urban Watershed. Poster presentation at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Yu, Z; Montalto, FA; and CT Behr.(2011) Probabilistic Analysis of the Life Cycle Cost of Green Infrastructure from an Investment Perspective. Poster Presented at the 2011 LID Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. September 25-28, 2011.