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The Management and Control of Urban Runoff Quality
Author(s) -
ELLIS Professor J. B.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1989.tb01499.x
Subject(s) - surface runoff , environmental science , urban runoff , stormwater , limiting , control (management) , water quality , environmental planning , hydrology (agriculture) , water resource management , computer science , engineering , ecology , mechanical engineering , geotechnical engineering , artificial intelligence , biology
W ater QUALITY problems from impermeable urban surface runoff are presenting increasingly significant effects at both the short‐term, acute, and longer term, chronic, timescale. The paper identifies the anachronisms in, and the diversity of, historical organizational responsibilities for urban runoff as being a principal mitigating factor in limiting satisfactory, cost‐effective, catchment control. It is recommended that effective source control procedures for stormwater runoff control must form the basis for best practical options for achieving integrated pollution control in urban catchments.