[PDF] Costs Of Urban Stormwater Control eBook

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 18,4 MB
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0309125391

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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 : Hale W. Thurston
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 27,13 MB
Release : 2011-08-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1439845611

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Dealing with stormwater runoff in urban areas is a problem that is getting bigger and more expensive. As we cover porous surfaces with impervious structures-commercial buildings, parking lots, roads, and houses-finding places for rainwater and snowmelt to soak in becomes harder. Many landscapers, architects, planners, and others have proposed that

Author : Committee on Reducing Stormwater Discharge Contributions to Water Pollution
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309134455

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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 : Jane Clary
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,44 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
ISBN : 9780784414897

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Cost of Maintaining Green Infrastructure reports findings from effort to capture and quantify the expenses associated with operating and maintaining sustainable stormwater-management technologies.