Efforts To Address Urban Stormwater Runoff

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309125391
Total Pages : 611 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Stormwater Management in the United States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Efforts to Address Urban Stormwater Runoff written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Committee on Reducing Stormwater Discharge Contributions to Water Pollution
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309134455
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Stormwater Management in the United States written by Committee on Reducing Stormwater Discharge Contributions to Water Pollution and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended.

Author : Richard H. McCuen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.9R/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Control of Urban Stormwater Runoff by Detention and Retention written by Richard H. McCuen and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ven Te Chow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Stormwater Runoff written by Ven Te Chow and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Water Environment Federation
Publisher : ASCE Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781572780392
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Runoff Quality Management written by Water Environment Federation and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual comprises a holistic view of urban runoff quality management. For the beginner, who has little previous exposure to urban runoff quality management, the manual covers the entire subject area from sources and effects of pollutants in urban runoff through the development of management plans and the design of controls. For the municipal stormwater management agency, guidance is given for developing a water quality management plan that takes into account receiving water use objectives, local climatology, regulation, financing and cost, and procedures for comparing various types of controls for suitability and cost effectiveness in a particular area. This guidance will also assist owners of large-scale urban development projects in cost-effectively and aesthetically integrating water quality control to the drainage plan. The manual is also directed to designers who desire a self-contained unit that discusses the design of specific quality controls for urban runoff.

Author : Andrew Karvonen
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262297825
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics of Urban Runoff written by Andrew Karvonen and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of urban stormwater runoff that explores the relationships among nature, technology, and society in cities. When rain falls on the city, it creates urban runoff that cause flooding, erosion, and water pollution. Municipal engineers manage a complex network of technical and natural systems to treat and remove these temporary water flows from cities as quickly as possible. Urban runoff is frequently discussed in terms of technical expertise and environmental management, but it encompasses a multitude of such nontechnical issues as land use, quality of life, governance, aesthetics, and community identity, and is central to the larger debates on creating more sustainable and livable cities. In this book, Andrew Karvonen uses urban runoff as a lens to view the relationships among nature, technology, and society. Offering theoretical insights from urban environmental history, human geography, landscape and ecological planning, and science and technology studies as well as empirical evidence from case studies, Karvonen proposes a new relational politics of urban nature. After describing the evolution of urban runoff practices, Karvonen analyzes the urban runoff activities in Austin and Seattle—two cities known for their highly contested public debates over runoff issues and exemplary storm water management practices. The Austin case study highlights the tensions among urban development, property rights, land use planning, and citizen activism; the Seattle case study explores the city's long-standing reputation for being in harmony with nature. Drawing on these accounts, Karvonen suggests a new relational politics of urban nature that is situated, inclusive, and action-oriented to address the tensions among nature, technology, and society.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Quality written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert A. Simko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Stormwater Runoff written by Robert A. Simko and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 92 pages
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Download or read book Natural Wetlands and Urban Stormwater written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: