Low impact development and sustainable stormwater management / Thomas H. Cahill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cahill, Thomas H., 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban runoff--Management.

Urban runoff.

Sustainable urban development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sustainable Stormwater Management introduces engineers and designers to ideas and methods for managing stormwater in a more ecologically sustainable fashion. It provides detailed information on the design process, engineering details and calculations, and construction concerns. Concepts are illustrated with real-world examples, complete with photographs. This guide integrates the perspectives of landscape architects, planners, and scientists for a multi-disciplinary approach. This is an enlightening reference for professionals working in stormwater management, from engineers and designers to d

Contents:

LOW IMPACTDEVELOPMENTAND SUSTAINABLESTORMWATERMANAGEMENT; CONTENTS; Prologue: Habitat, Sustainability, and Stormwater Management; Acknowledgments; 1 Rainwater as the Resource; 1.1 The Water Balance as a Guide for Sustainable Design; 1.2 The Water Balance by Region; 1.3 Arid Environments: The Southern California Model; The Energy Demand for Water in Southern California; 1.4 The Altered Water Balance and Hydrologic Impacts; Imperviousness; Increased Volume of Runoff; 1.5 The Impacts of Development on the Hydrologic Cycle; Reduced Groundwater Recharge; Reduced Stream Base Flow

Altered Stream Channel MorphologyWater Supply Impacts; 1.6 The Historic Approach: Detention System Design; 1.7 Stormwater Volume Methodologies; 2 Stormwater Hydrology and Quality; 2.1 Overland Flow: The Beginning of Runoff; 2.2 Regional Hydrology; Wetlands; First-Order Streams; 2.3 Stormwater Volume; 2.4 The Water Quality Impacts of Land Development; Increased Pollutants in Urban Runoff; 2.5 The Chemistry of Urban Runoff Pollution; 2.6 Understanding Pollutant Transport in Stormwater; Stormwater Quantity and Quality; Particulates; Solutes; 3 Land as the Resource

3.1 Historic Patterns of Land Development3.2 Sustainable Site Design; 3.3 Watershed Setting and Physical Context; 3.4 Smart Growth Issues; Changes Related to Development; 3.5 Conflict Between Desired Land Use and Sustainability; 3.6 Physical Determinants of Land Development; Geology; Physiography; Topography; Soil and Subsurface Conditions; 3.7 Urban Communities with Combined Sewer Overflows; End of the Sewer; Other Urban Infrastructure; 3.8 The Living Building and Zero Net Water Use; 4 The Planning Process for LID; 4.1 Sustainable Site Planning Process with Stormwater Management

Guideline 1: Understand the SiteGuideline 2: Apply LID Conservation Design; Guideline 3: Manage Rainfall Where It Originates; Guideline 4: Design with Operation and Maintenance in Mind; Guideline 5: Calculate Runoff Volume Increase and Water Quality Impacts; 4.2 Overview of the Site Design Process for LID; 5 The Legal Basis for LID: Regulatory Standards and LID Design Criteria; 5.1 The Land-Water Legal Process; Common Law; Federal Water Quality Law; Federal Land Use Law; 5.2 The Evolution of Land Development Regulation; 5.3 The Regulatory Framework; Pennsylvania Land Use Law

Pennsylvania Water LawCalifornia Land Use Law; California Water Law; 5.4 Stormwater Management Regulations; Volume Control; Volume Control Criteria; Volume Control Guideline; Peak-Rate Control Guideline; Water Quality Protection Guideline; Stormwater Standards for Special Areas; Legal Implications of Green Infrastructure; 6 LID Design Calculations and Methodology; 6.1 Introduction to Stormwater Methodologies; 6.2 Existing Methodologies for Runoff Volume Calculations Runoff Curve Number Method; Small Storm Hydrology Method; Infiltration Models for Runoff Calculations

Urban Runoff Quality Management

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283927666

1283927667

9781118202449

1118202449

9781118202456

1118202457

9781118202463

1118202465

OCLC:

796384131