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Spatial analysis of urban stormwater quality: Ramallah district as a case study, Palestine
Author(s) -
Mimi Ziad
Publication year - 2009
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.1747-6593.2008.00118.x
Subject(s) - surface runoff , environmental science , urbanization , nonpoint source pollution , stormwater , pollution , pollutant , water resource management , water quality , land use , environmental engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , flooding (psychology) , civil engineering , engineering , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , ecology , chemistry , economics , biology , economic growth , psychology , psychotherapist
Urban runoff pollution sources are formidable obstacles to achieving water source goals in numerous municipalities. Ramallah district currently holds one of the highest rates of urbanization in Palestine causing a significant increase in surface runoff. Consequently, this causes increased flooding and a significant decrease in water quality due primarily to the accumulation of pollutants. To date, most research has focused on specifying temporal variations of stormwater quality parameters that include high uncertainties and also increase the risk of pollution control structures' failure. Spatial variations of the runoff quality are the key factor in nonpoint source pollution studies. This research investigates the spatial variability of urban runoff quality parameters in relation to land use of urban catchments. The research estimated pollutant concentration for improved and efficient design of pollution control structures for each land use.