municipal stormwater management

[...]... Regulators 13.8 Regional Versus On-Site Stormwater Management Introduction Advantages and Disadvantages of Regional Stormwater Controls Advantages of Regional Stormwater Control Disadvantages of Regional Stormwater Controls Important Considerations for the Use of Regional Stormwater Controls 13.9 Using Structural Stormwater Controls in Series Combined Measures Stormwater Treatment Trains Calculation... © 2003 by CRC Press LLC 17.12 Bank Protection 17.13 Underdrains 17.14 Pavement Edge Drains References © 2003 by CRC Press LLC 1 Introduction to Municipal Stormwater Management 1.1 Stormwater Management Paradigms We each have a stormwater management paradigm A paradigm is what we think is true and right about a certain subject It is the grid through which we put all information and input about a subject... else’s paradigm Knowing your own paradigm is the first step in understanding stormwater management The second is seeing how far you have to go, and fearlessly setting out Knowing what paradigm, or paradigms, your municipality is currently facing is key to making wise decisions about many aspects of change in the stormwater program Some municipalities are just now facing the need for detention controls to... to standard engineers that the fruit of an efficient stormwater system is downstream flooding and channel erosion The literature from the 1970s is replete with papers on the causes of flooding and a new idea to solve flooding forever — on-site detention Modern stormwater quantity management was born Paradigm #4 — Keep It From Stormwater Pipes The first stormwater detention ordinances appeared in the early... make a stormwater master plan a success Included for success must be consensus building, stormwater finance (stormwater utilities sprang up about now) and public relations With effective master plans, more and more flooding problems were solved (or better yet, avoided) on a neighborhood, if not watershed, basis (Figure 1-4) Many thought that was the end of real change and innovation in stormwater management. .. Considerations Temporary Stormwater Management Facilities Selection Factors Example Format As-Built Plans References 17 Maintenance 17.1 Introduction Maintenance Categories Inspection 17.2 Municipal Maintenance Concepts Introduction Goals Objectives Policies Policy Resolution Extent and Level of Service Extent of Service Level of Service Conditions Standards and Performance Standards 17.3 Developing Municipal Maintenance... dwellers So, it was determined that we needed treatment plants for sewage and that treating all that “clean” stormwater runoff did not make economic sense So, a new paradigm was born, and a solution to this dilemma: Run it in stormwater pipes Paradigm #3 — Run It In Stormwater Pipes This urban stormwater design paradigm came into vogue about the time World War II ended, and reigned until the 1970s or... Asset Management Privatization of Services 17.4 Detention Facilities Maintenance Tasks Storage Volume Control 17.5 Storm Drains 17.6 Culverts 17.7 Bridges 17.8 Ditches 17.9 Stormwater Inlets 17.10 Slope Drains 17.11 Wash Checks and Energy Dissipators © 2003 by CRC Press LLC 17.12 Bank Protection 17.13 Underdrains 17.14 Pavement Edge Drains References © 2003 by CRC Press LLC 1 Introduction to Municipal Stormwater. .. Design Criteria for Structural BMPs Unified Sizing Criteria Stormwater Better Site Design Unified Stormwater Sizing Criteria Stormwater Credits for Better Site Design © 2003 by CRC Press LLC L1584_frame_MASTER.book Page 24 Wednesday, October 16, 2002 3:28 PM 13.5 Overview of Structural BMP Types Basic Structural BMP Types 13.6 Selection of Structural Management Measures Introduction General BMP Pollutant... Breed of Stormwater Paradigms A storwater paradigm pattern was emerging First the literature begins to discuss how to solve current problems New paradigms emerge Each stormwater paradigm solves the immediate problem of the past paradigm and creates a more insidious problem of its own Or, knowledge and technology create a real or perceived need for higher, more demanding, levels of stormwater management . of Stormwater Management Long-Range Aspects Day-to-Day Stormwater Management 2.3 Overview of the Legal Aspects of Stormwater Management 2.4 Overview of the Technical Aspects of Stormwater Management Technical. Introduction to Municipal Stormwater Management 1.1 Stormwater Management Paradigms Early Stormwater Paradigms Paradigm #1 — Run It In Ditches Paradigm #2 — Run It In Pipes Paradigm #3 — Run It In Stormwater. Paradigm 1.2 Understanding Stormwater Management Problems and Solutions 1.3 The Organization of the Rest of the Book References 2 Stormwater Management Programs 2.1 The Stormwater Management Program 2.2