PROCESSES PROCEDURES AND METHODS TO CONTROL POLLUTION RESULTING FROM ALL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY

WATER POLLUTION RESULTING FROM SEDIMENT AND OTHER POLLUTANTS GENERATED FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES CAN BE PREVENTED BY THE TIMELY APPLICATION OF EMPIRICAL STRUCTURAL AND SOIL STABILIZATION MEASURES PRESENTLY AVAILABLE. PROCESSES EXAMINED INCLUDE SITE PLANNING, PRELIMINARY SITE EVALUATION AND DESIGN, USE OF PLANNING TOOLS, AND STRUCTURAL AND VEGETATIVE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS RELATIVE TO DEVELOPMENT OF A WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT PLAN SUITED TO INDIVIDUAL CONSTRUCTION SITES. METHODS EXAMINED INCLUDE ON-SITE EROSION, SEDIMENT, AND STORM-WATER MANAGEMENT CONTROL STRUCTURES AS WELL AS SOIL STABILIZATION PRACTICES USEFUL FOR ACHIEVING CONTROL OF SEDIMENT, STORM-WATER RUNOFF, AND OTHER POLLUTANTS RESULTING FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. /DOT/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • EPA 430/9-73-007
• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Protection Agency

  Dallas, TX  United States  75202
• Publication Date: 1973-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 234 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction sites; Erosion control; Runoff; Sediments; Soil stabilization; Vegetation; Water pollution
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215700
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM