Urban Surface Water Management

Informationen zum Autor Stuart G. Walesh, PhD, PE, Dist.M.ASCE, F.NSPE, practicing as an independent consultant-teacher-author, provides management, engineering, leadership, and education services to business, public, academic, and other organizations. He earned engineering degrees from Valparaiso University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Wisconsin. Walesh's technical specialty is water resources engineering, he researched and published eight books, and current interests include creativity and innovation and the education and early experience of engineers. Klappentext The complete guide to managing the quantity and quality of urban storm water runoff. Focuses on the planning and design of facilities and systems to control flooding, erosion, and non-point source pollution. Zusammenfassung The complete guide to managing the quantity and quality of urban storm water runoff. Focuses on the planning and design of facilities and systems to control flooding! erosion! and non--point source pollution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Fundamentals of Urban Surface Water Management. The Hydrologic Cycle in the Urban Environment. Techniques for Hydrologic Analyses. Floodplain Hydraulics. Stormwater Facility Hydraulics. Computation of Average Annual Monetary Flood Damage. Nonpoint--Source Pollution Load Techniques. Planning and Designing Detention/Retention Facilities. Sedimentation Basin Design. Computer Modeling. Management Measures. Preparation of a Master Plan. Appendices. Index.

Klappentext

The complete guide to managing the quantity and quality of urban storm water runoff. Focuses on the planning and design of facilities and systems to control flooding, erosion, and non-point source pollution.

Inhalt

Fundamentals of Urban Surface Water Management. The Hydrologic Cycle in the Urban Environment. Techniques for Hydrologic Analyses. Floodplain Hydraulics. Stormwater Facility Hydraulics. Computation of Average Annual Monetary Flood Damage. Nonpoint--Source Pollution Load Techniques. Planning and Designing Detention/Retention Facilities. Sedimentation Basin Design. Computer Modeling. Management Measures. Preparation of a Master Plan. Appendices. Index.