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U.S. EPA'S URBAN WATERSHED RESEARCH PROGRAM IN BMPS AND RESTORATION FOR WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Citation:
TAFURI, A. N., M. BORST, AND JOYCE M. WALLING. U.S. EPA'S URBAN WATERSHED RESEARCH PROGRAM IN BMPS AND RESTORATION FOR WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT. Presented at 4th International Watershed Management Conference, Shenzhen, CHINA, December 13 - 14, 2004.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public
Description:
The U.S. EPA's Urban Watershed Management Branch is responsible for developing and demonstrating technologies and methods required managing the risk to public health, property and the environment from wet weather flows (WWF) in urban watersheds. The activities are primarily aimed at restoring surface waters in the context of water quality uses intended for aquatic life and recreation. WWFs include combined sewer overflow (CSO), sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) and urban storm water. The primary goals of the research are development of: (1) watershed management strategies and associated models integrating area-wide WWF control for groundwater and surface water protection; (2) multi-purpose WWF methods, practices, and technologies including new and retrofit designs for drainage, flood, pollution, erosion and sedimentation control, for management of contaminated sediments in sewers; (3) pretreatment requirements for adequate WWF disinfection; and, (4) protocols for measuring WWF control program effectiveness. The overall direction of the program is geared to developing novel approaches for controlling WWFs and the integration of watershed based urban wet weather controls in mixed land-use watersheds for resolving water quality impairments as well as integration with drinking water source water protection. This paper addresses select projects and products related to these activities, especially the ongoing research activities related to best management control technologies for urban stormwater generated pollution control.