Stormwater issues
The need for an introduction to,and overview of, the many issues associated with stormwater led to the development of a resource that is accessible to people without specialist knowledge in this field, but able to provide a better understanding of the concepts and terminology involved.
This has been broken down into eight sections:
- Section 1 provides a brief introduction and overview of the issue
- Section 2 describes the Hydrological Cycle
- Section 3 describes the effects of volume and velocity of run-off on streams
Section 4 describes the main contaminants in stormwater in three sub-sections:
- Section 4.1 discusses sediment
- Section 4.2 discusses the main contaminants in urban run-off
- Section 4.3 discusses the effects of stormwater contaminants
- Section 5 describes the fundamental processes and limitations of stormwater treatment
Section 6 describes treatment approaches in two sub-sections:
- Section 6.1 discusses sedimentation treatment approaches
- Section 6.2 lists and describes many of the other treatment approaches that are available
- Section 7 provides further references on stormwater
- Section 8 provides a glossary of the terms and acronyms frequently encountered.