Investigation of Inappropriate Pollutant Entries Into Storm Drainage Systems


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Provides guidance to municipalities for investigating non-stormwater entries into storm drainage systems. These entries may originate from many diverse sources including sanitary wastewaters from leaky or directly connected sanitary sewerage and from poorly operating septic tank systems, washwaters for laundries and vehicle service facilities, and many types of industrial wastewaters that are discharged to drains leading to storm drainage or from direct industrial wastewater connections to the storm drainage system. 28 charts, tables and graphs.













Stormwater Effects Handbook


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A stand-alone working document, Stormwater Effects Handbook: A Toolbox for Watershed Managers, Scientists, and Engineers assists scientists and regulators in determining when stormwater runoff causes adverse effects in receiving waters. This complicated task requires an integrated assessment approach that focuses on sampling before, during, and aft




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Wet-Weather Flow in the Urban Watershed


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According to the National Resources Defense Council, stormwater runoff rivals or exceeds discharges from factories and sewage plants as a source of pollution throughout the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency identifies urban stormwaters as the second largest source of water quality damage in estuaries and a significant contributor t







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