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OVERVIEW OF EPA'S WET-WEATHER FLOW RESEARCH PROGRAM
Citation:
Field*, R AND D Sullivan*. OVERVIEW OF EPA'S WET-WEATHER FLOW RESEARCH PROGRAM. Pokrajac, D. (ed.), URBAN WATER. Elsevier Science Ltd, London, Uk, 3(3):165-169, (2001).
Description:
This paper presents an overview of EPA's wet-weather flow (F) research program, which was expanded in October 1995 with the establishment of the Urban Watershed Management Branch at Edison, NJ. Research priorities for 2000 are presented and collaboration with government organizations and professional societies. In 11/96 "Risk Management Research Plan for Wet Weather Flows" emphasized the risk management aspects of urban WWF problems and anticipated research directions for the next 5 years. EPA divided the research plan into 5 major areas, each discussing a specific WWF problem and the anticipated research approach to solve the problem. The 5 research areas are: 1. characterization and problem assessment; 2. watershed management; 3. toxic substances characterization and control; 4. control technologies; and 5. infrastructure improvement. Within each area, the state-of-the-art knowledge is presented and the unknown cited; research questions to address the unknown are also posed.