Urban Stormwater Management in the United States

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.

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• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 610p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deterioration by environmental action; Environmental impacts; Environmental protection; Hazardous chemicals; Pollution control; Runoff; Spills (Pollution); Urban areas; Water quality management; Water supply and distribution structures
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01138439
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309125390
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 2009 6:48AM