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BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR STORM WATER AND INFILTRATION CONTROL 1
Author(s) -
Whipple William
Publication year - 1991
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.1752-1688.1991.tb03140.x
Subject(s) - surface runoff , nonpoint source pollution , environmental science , infiltration (hvac) , pollutant , water quality , storm , hydrology (agriculture) , pollution , stormwater , water resource management , environmental engineering , meteorology , engineering , geography , ecology , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , biology
Water quality controls of storm water runoff and infiltration should be a major part of a nonpoint source control program. Although surface runoff and ground water controls are often approached separately, coordination between the two is essential. For practical reasons, a rather simplified technology‐based approach appears to be desirable. Areas affected vary greatly as to their sensitivity to pollution; and the various classes of pollutant source vary greatly as to their potential harmfulness. In effect, a matrix approach appears best, in which both vulnerability of the area and harmfulness of the pollutant source would have weight in determining which level of best management practices (BMP) would be appropriate, whether standard, special , or complete prohibition of the type facility under given circumstances.