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Assessment of drainage discharge for widening the M1 motorway between junctions 25 and 28
Author(s) -
Greenstock A. C.,
Ravening J.
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.1747-6593.2008.00149.x
Subject(s) - water framework directive , drainage , directive , environmental science , water discharge , water quality , surface water , environmental planning , civil engineering , water resource management , environmental engineering , engineering , computer science , geotechnical engineering , ecology , biology , programming language
The method of how surface water from highway drainage systems is assessed has been refined and the changes have been implemented towards achieving compliance with the Water Framework Directive (WFD). This directive has identified the need to significantly improve the surface water quality in the United Kingdom and Europe. Our road network plays a significant part in achieving a legacy of better environmental standards, and developments in the assessment and control of the drainage discharge, demonstrate commitment towards this. This paper discusses some of these changes and presents how the M1 Widening project addressed the requirement of obtaining appropriate source data.