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Emerging Stormwater Controls for Critical Source Areas
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Pitt, Robert |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | This recent EPA research, along with many other current literature sources, found that it is possible and best to develop stormwater management design guidelines based on local rain conditions. Small events, making up the majority of rain events, commonly exceed bacteria and metal criteria, but are relatively easy to control through simple infiltration or on-site reuse of the stormwater. Moderate sized rains, however, are responsible for the majority of the runoff volumes and pollutant discharges. The runoff from these events can also be significantly reduced, but certainly not eliminated, through infiltration, but larger flows will have to be treated to reduce pollutant concentrations and excessive discharge rates. Large rains that approach and may exceed the capacities of the drainage system produce little of the annual flows and are rare. In addition, significant pollutant concentration reductions during these large events would be difficult and very expensive because of the very large flows involved. However, runoff flow rates should be reduced to produce instream flowrate distributions less than critical values in order to protect in-stream habitat. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1201/9781420012774.ch5 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://unix.eng.ua.edu/~rpitt/Publications/StormwaterTreatability/emerging%20controls%20Sullivan%20and%20Field%20CRC%20book.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420012774.ch5 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
