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Regarded as a superior urban stormwater management solution, rain gardens can effectively store rainfall runoff and purify water quality. However, the efficiency of traditional rain gardens (TRG) in regulating runoff and removing nitrogen and phosphorus varies under different hydrological conditions. In this study, the TRG was retrofitted to construct a two-stage tandem rain garden (TTRG). Based on the experimental monitoring of rain gardens under natural rainfall from 2011 to 2013, results indicated a significantly higher runoff reduction capacity for the TTRG compared to the traditional garden (p < 0.05), with average runoff and peak flow reduction rates increasing by 42.8% and 36.2%, respectively. Rainfall characteristics significantly impacted the runoff reduction of the TRG (p < 0.05), but not the TTRG (p > 0.05), demonstrating the enhanced control and stability of the TTRG in managing rainfall runoff. The concentration removal efficiency of nitrate nitrogen (NO-N) was significantly improved (p < 0.05), whereas the total phosphorus (TP), ammonium nitrogen (NH-N) and total nitrogen (TN) were not significantly changed (p > 0.05). The first-order kinetic model was used to fit the removal effect of different pollutants before and after retrofitting the rain garden, and the removal of NO-N by the TTRG was better than that of the TRG. The TTRG showed significantly higher load removal efficiencies for TP, NO-N, and NH-N compared to TRG (p < 0.05), with average load removal rates increasing by 49.92%, 75.02%, and 14.81%, respectively. The TTRG can regulate urban rainfall runoff more efficiently and stably. By changing the water flow path in the rain garden, the TTRG has a better runoff reduction ability and pollutant purification effect.
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