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HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WET-WEATHER FLOW MANAGEMENT
Citation:
Burian, S. J., S. J. Nix, S. R. Durrans, R. E. Pitt, C Y. Fan*, AND R Field*. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WET-WEATHER FLOW MANAGEMENT. JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Reston, VA, 125(1):3-13, (1999).
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Description:
The management of wet-weather flow (WWF) is necessary to maintain the quality of urban water resources. Throughout history strategies were implemented to control WWF for reasons, e.g., flood and water quality control, aesthetic improvement, waste removal and others. A comprehensive literature review has been conducted to determine past strategies and to revisit the historical developments of WWF management. Understanding these past strategies and the development of WWF-management systems over time will aid current and future generations in their WWF-management efforts. This paper summarizes the historical literature review, highlighting the development of WWF management from ancient times to the present. The relationships between past developments, the current state, and the future of WWF management is addressed by identifying several lessons learned.