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STORM WATER MANAGEMENT: THE CONCEPT AND ITS APPLICATION 1
Author(s) -
Debo Thomas N.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1980.tb02445.x
Subject(s) - storm , surface runoff , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , flood myth , hec hms , flood control , stormwater , drainage basin , sediment , erosion control , water resource management , erosion , flood forecasting , drainage , hydrological modelling , meteorology , engineering , geology , geography , climatology , geotechnical engineering , ecology , paleontology , cartography , archaeology , biology
Storm water management is a concept being applied in many urban areas to deal with the increasing problems of storm runoff control and flood damage prevention. This paper introduces the concept and describes the recently completed storm water management program in Columbus, Georgia. Columbus has spent five years and over $200,000 in the development of their problem which includes several basic elements: soils inventory and analysis, hydrologic data collection, sediment and erosion control ordinance, storm water management handbook, urban flood simulation model, interdepartment coordination study, drainage problem categorization study, and a pilot basin study. The results of the pilot basin study are presented including example output from the urban simulation model. The computer output illustrates both the hydrologic‐hydraulic and economic capabilities of the model.