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Framework for Placement of BMPs in Urban Watersheds (2008)
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TAFURI, A. N. AND R. I. FIELD. Framework for Placement of BMPs in Urban Watersheds (2008). Presented at The National Taiwan University 2008 International Workshop; and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Water Cycle & Related Surface Processes, Beijing & Xian; Taiwan, CHINA, June 24 - July 02, 2008.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Urban Watershed Management Branch is responsible for developing and demonstrating methods to manage 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 and ground 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 stormwater. 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 practices including new and retrofit designs for drainage, flood, pollution and erosion and sedimentation control; (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 source-water protection for drinking water. This paper addresses select projects and products related to these activities, especially the ongoing research activities on best management control technologies for urban stormwater-generated pollution control.