Comprehensive Evaluation of Soil Improvement Benefits of Biological Retention Facilities Based on AHP-CRITIC

Biological retention facilities are widely used in the construction of new urban infrastructure because of the increasingly serious problems of urban waterlogging and rainwater pollution. At present, a common method to resolve these problems is to improve the treatment performance of these facilities to improve the soil filling layer. How to evaluate the comprehensive benefits of the improved soil filling layer is a problem that cannot be ignored. In this paper, data from seven groups of soil improvement schemes were collected through laboratory tests, and an evaluation method based on AHP-CRITIC was proposed. Firstly, the evaluation indexes of soil improvement in biological retention facilities were determined, and their subjective and objective weights were determined by the AHP method and CRITIC method, respectively, and the comprehensive weights were further calculated. A comprehensive evaluation model was established by the TOPSISI method. Finally, the AHP-CRITIC evaluation model determined that 10% zeolite-amended soil had the best comprehensive evaluation effect, followed by 20% zeolite-amended soil and 10% gravel-amended soil. The results show that the evaluation model can comprehensively assess the benefits of soil improvement in bioretention facilities from the levels of infiltration, purification, and economy and can then select the optimal program for use in actual engineering practice.

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