Urban and Highway Stormwater Pollution

Urban and Highway Stormwater Pollution
Author: Thorkild Hvitved-Jacobsen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2010-03-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1439826862

As the world population grows, already burgeoning cities are becoming taxed in every conceivable way. One topic that receives few headlines, but significantly impacts an area's quality of health and economic development is the challenge to maintain sustainable urban drainage (SUD). Poor drainage can hamper transportation, add to problems of polluti

Urban Drainage Modeling

Urban Drainage Modeling
Author: Robert W. Brashear
Publisher:
Total Pages: 970
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

This collection contains 91 papers presented at a specialty symposium on urban drainage modeling at the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, held in Orlando, Florida, May 20-24, 2001.

Urban Drainage Design Manual - Hydraulic Engineering Circular No. 22 - Third Edition

Urban Drainage Design Manual - Hydraulic Engineering Circular No. 22 - Third Edition
Author: Federal Highway Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-10-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781329659377

This circular provides a comprehensive and practical guide for the design of storm drainage systems associated with transportation facilities. Design guidance is provided for the design of storm drainage systems which collect, convey, and discharge stormwater flowing within and along the highway right-of-way. Methods and procedures are given for the hydraulic design of storm drainage systems. Design methods are presented for evaluating rainfall and runoff magnitude, pavement drainage, gutter flow, inlet design, median and roadside ditch flow, structure design, and storm drain piping. Procedures for the design of detention facilities are also presented, along with an overview of storm water pumping stations and urban water quality practices. This edition presents a major change in the methodology discussed in Chapter 5 for designing channels and in Chapter 7 for calculating energy losses in storm drain access holes.

Urban Stormwater Management in the United States

Urban Stormwater Management in the United States
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 611
Release: 2009-03-17
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0309125391

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.