Under 1987 Federal Clean Water Act, Congress mandate has changed the concept in urban storm water management from storm water quantity control to both quantity and quality controls. The Best Management Practices (BMP's) have been developed for storm water designs to emphasize environmental concerns. Many studies have revealed that the traditional approach in storm water drainage has increased f...

Infiltration of runoff at the plot-scale is increasingly considered as an effective tool to improve urban water management. As a consequence, authorities in different countries adopt regulations prescribing the infiltration of stormwater in new developments. Here we apply a simple sizing procedure for plotscale infiltration facilities to examine the consequences, in terms of implementation, of ...

Urban water services in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are currently provided through conventional centralised systems, involving large scale water distribution, wastewater collection, water and wastewater treatment. A study was conducted to assist Environment ACT in setting broad policies for future water services in Canberra. This paper presents the outcomes of a study examining the e...

Urban areas are increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Stormwater Green infrastructure (SWGI) is seen as an approach increase resilience urban areas, because they can buffer precipitation changes brought on by However, SWGI features themselves need be resilient change able contribute cities. Thus, we aimed develop a assessment framework that could used identify challenges and...

Remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) data is increasingly used in urban stormwater modeling. The undirected use of such data may waste economic and human resources. In order to provide guidance for practitioners to efficiently use different data collection resources, as well as give a reference for future works, this paper aims to assess the effects of using free access G...

Urban stormwater runoff contains a broad range of pollutants that are transported to natural water systems. A practice known as biological retention (bioretention) has been suggested to manage stormwater runoff from small, developed areas. Bioretention facilities consist of porous soil, a topping layer of hardwood mulch, and a variety of different plant species. A detailed study of the characte...

The urbanization of the New York City area has caused serious degradation of water quality in the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary, including the East River (ER) and western portion of Long Island Sound (LIS). Although overall water quality has improved in the Harbor Estuary since the 1970s with better wastewater treatment, embayments such as Little Neck Bay and especially Flushing Bay have among the worst...