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Results of the Nationwide Urban Runoff Program
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Planning Division |
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Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Planning Division; Volume 1- final report; National Technical Information Service Account Number PB84-185552 |
| Abstract: |
The possible deleterious water quality effects of nonpoint sources in general, and urban runoff in particular, were recognized by the Water Pollution. Control Act Amendments of 1972. Because of uncertainties about the true significance of urban runoff as a contributor to receiving water quality problems, Congress made treatment of separate stormwater discharges ineligible for Federal funding when it enacted the Clean Water Act in 1977. To obtain information that would help resolve these uncertainties, the Agency established the Nationwide Urban Runoff Program (NURP) in 1978. This five year program was designed to examine such issues as: The quality characteristics of urban runoff, and similarities or differences at different urban locations. The extent to which unbar runoff is a significant contributor to water quality problems across the nation; and the performance characteristics and the overall effectiveness and utility of management practices for the control of pollutant loads from urban runoff. The interim NURP report, published in March 1982, presented preliminary findings of the program. This document is the final report covering the overall NURP program. |
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