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Water Supply Impact Analysis of Proposed Water Quality Control Plan for Salinity for San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary
This paper presents the procedures and techniques employed as part of the Bay-Delta proceedings to evaluate the water supply impacts of various proposed flow and water quality objectives...

Santa Clara Valley Nonpoint Source Program, Santa Clara County, CA
A Water Quality Basin Plan prepared for the region in 1986 by the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) promulgated regulations to control inputs of pollutants to South San Francisco...

The Engineering of Mathematical Models
This paper presents the history of the development of a mathematical estuary hydraulic and an ecology based water quality model, and the problems encountered in transferring use to the...

Forthcoming ASCE/WPCF Manual of Practice
The forthcoming ASCE/WPCF Manual of Practice for the Design and Construction of Urban Stormwater Management Systems includes, as Chapter 1, a derivation of the following text. This chapter...

Summary of Stormwater Quality Management Practices
The control of water quality in urban runoff is in its technical infancy. Never-the-less Water Quality Act of 1987 states that stormwater pollution must be reduced to the maximum extent...

Environmental Restoration Project in Poland
Swedish-Polish project aiming at integrated environmental restoration of an degraded area in southern Poland is described. The project aims to demonstrate that an integrated approach,...

CSO Pollution Abatement Project Performance
The City of Trenton, NJ combined sewer overflow (CSO) pollution abatement project has been in operation for more than four years. Daily records include composite BOD₅...

Mission Bay Park, San Diego Sewage Interceptor System
Mission Bay Park is a major aquatic facility located in, and operated by, the City of San Diego. In response to sewer related pollution problems, the City of San Diego has embarked on...

Implementing Sacramento's NPDES Stormwater Permit
Between 1987 and 1990, EPA established the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit application requirements and deadlines for stormwater discharges. During this...

Development of a Prioritization Tool for Multimedia Enforcement
This paper describes a decision support system developed for the Environmental Protection Agency that assists their staff in the prioritization of resources for the enforcement of multi-media...

Pilot Drywell Study Pierce County, Washington
Subsurface disposal of stormwater runoff is widely utilized in areas with permeable or porous soils, including the Clover/Chambers Creek (CCC) Basin in central Pierce County, Washington....

Hydrologic Modeling for Decision-Makers
All Properties within a community benefit from having an adequate system of storm drainage facilities and controls. Such benefits include: reduction of hazards to property and life resulting...

The Hydrology of Urban Runoff Quality Management
Recent regulatory requirements to reduce pollutant discharges from municipal storm sewer systems have intensified the need for approaches to developing design parameters, such as the selection...

A Storm Water Management Model for Grand Rapids, Michigan
In 1989, the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, engaged Black & Veatch to conduct a comprehensive study of its combined sewer system with two primary objectives: (1) to relieve basement...

Evaluation of the Feasibility to Retrofit Stormwater Control Facilities to Improve Pollutant Removal Performance
This paper presents the results of an analysis that was performed to predict the efficiency of removal for suspended sediments in storm runoff under existing conditions and under several...

Reliability of Model Prediction for Pump and Treat Strategies
For the remediation of aqueous phase plumes extending over large areas simulation models are often used to predict the response of the aquifer system and the contaminant concentrations...

Methods for Designing Hydraulic Aquifer Remediation Techniques
This paper reports on recent research to develop methods for accommodating uncertainty in designing hydraulic remediation systems for contaminated aquifers. The methods rely respectively...

Statistical Analysis of Ground Water Quality Data
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requires owners and operators of hazardous waste facilities to utilize design features and control measures that prevent the release of...

The Managemet of Storm Water Runoff Associated with Industrial Activity
Section 405 of the Water Quality Act of 1987 mandates that municipal and industrial storm water discharges are point sources of water pollution and are subject to regulation under the...

Stormwater Quality Issues for Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish has a unique set obstacles to overcome in the operation of the drainage system. Situated in a coastal area and surrounded by water, the area has been developed through...

 

 

 

 

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