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Stormwater management: Quantity and quality
| Author: |
Wanielista, Martin P. |
| Date: |
1978 |
| Periodical: |
Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Inc. |
| Abstract: |
The water pollution control laws of municipalities, states and countries have progressed to incorporate advanced principles of hydrology, hydraulics, comprehensive planning and environmental engineering. In general, the purpose of these laws is to improve water quality and protect our natural resources. This text was developed in response to the need of planners, engineers and environmentalists to incorporate comprehensive planning and engineering designs into their work. Major emphasis is placed on the identification and management of stormwater, frequently known as nonpoint source runoff. The subject matter of this text was purposely limited to surface water quantity and quality. Though there is a need for more complex mathematical models to better plan, design and manage both groundwaters and surface waters, a single text covering both subject areas from the hydrologic, hydraulic and environmental engineering viewpoints would be very large and, possibly, would not fit into the common lectures at colleges and universities. The text was limited to stormwater management because of the current water quality planning activities for river basin and nonpoint source management at the federal, state and regional levels. The subject of stormwater management, however, does recognize the close relationship between surface waters and groundwaters and presents materials necessary to understand these relationships. Efforts were made to use nomenclature similar to other popular texts. Metric units are the primary units in the text, though English units are presented in some areas to assist the reader. An appendix giving Metric units and English equivalents is included. The text has been used in a graduate-level course, but senior-level environmental engineers and hydrologists with basic environmental engineering and planning courses have enrolled. The text material can be completed in 44 classroom hours with one hour scheduled for Chapter, 8. In the presentation of Chapter 3, basic knowledge of probability and statistics was assumed. Chapter 8 is primarily for those practitioners interested in the application of mathematical hydrologic models. Practicing engineers, hydrologists and planners will find the material useful in completing the comprehensive water quality plans required by state and federal regulatory agencies. |
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