Stormwater Runoff and Receiving Systems: Impact, Monitoring, and AssessmentThe primary focus of stormwater and urban runoff research during the past twenty-five years has been on the physical description and the chemical quality assessment of runoff events and the design and implementation of the best management practices to control these events. There is a definite need for more effective integration of receiving system issues in the management and regulation of stormwater runoff. This book successfully brings together a diverse group of environmental specialists to address the issues surrounding the assessment, management, and control of stormwater, and more specifically urban runoff, from a receiving system perspective. The book's emphasis on the receiving system is timely, coming during a period when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is placing increasing emphasis on wet weather conditions through a new permit program for stormwater runoff and a policy on combined sewer overflows. Stormwater Runoff and Receiving Systems covers biocriteria, assessment of receiving water integrity, and integrated watershed analysis-all aspects of current water quality management programs for both industrial and municipal areas. More than thirty chapters are divided into six sections, offering in-depth discussions on various issues relating to stormwater, urban runoff, and receiving systems; impacts; uncertainty and risk; study design; impact mitigation; and issues analysis. Anyone who deals with regulatory programs requiring stormwater effect assessment including more than sampling and analysis of chemical water quality parameters in effluents will find this reference particularly useful. |
Contents
Section Summary | 23 |
Analysis of Effects and Management of Urban Runoff | 41 |
Factors in Controlling Nonpoint Source Impacts | 53 |
Stream Power A Unifying Theme for Urban | 65 |
Stream Stability Under a Changing Environment | 77 |
Channel and Habitat Change Downstream of Urbanization | 103 |
Ecotoxicological Approaches and Criteria for the Assessment | 113 |
Biological Effects of Urban Runoff Discharges | 127 |
Integrated Watershed Analysis and Study Design | 263 |
Quality Assurance Issues in Assessing Receiving Water | 275 |
Design of Assessment Programs and Use | 285 |
SECTION | 299 |
Urban Channel SystemsThe Engineering Issues | 319 |
Analysis and Development of Fisheries Habitat | 329 |
Lessons Learned from a Decade of Stormwater | 339 |
Toward Ecologically Based Urban Runoff Management | 365 |
The Impact of Combined Sewer Overflow Discharges on | 163 |
The Environmental Impact of Stormwater Ponds | 177 |
SECTION | 184 |
UNCERTAINTY AND RISK | 193 |
Uncertainty and Risk Receiving System Issues | 199 |
Risk Analysis and Engineering Design in Water Resources | 211 |
Computing TMDLS for Urban Runoff and Other | 233 |
The Uncertainties of Urban Stormwater Regulation | 245 |
SECTION | 257 |
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