Urban Drainage – Impacts on Receiving Water Quality

In a detailed review on the effect of urban run-off and storm-sewage overflows on receiving waters, topics dealt with include physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of run-off and receiving waters; impact of run-off on water quality, public health risks, and aesthetic conditions; develop...

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Published in:Water science and technology 1993-01, Vol.27 (12), p.117-158
Main Authors: House, MA, Ellis, J B, Herricks, EE, Hvitved-Jacobsen, T, Seager, J, Lijklema, L, Aalderink, H, Clifforde, I T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Afdeling Natuurbehoud en Natuurbeheer
Chemical contaminants
Creeks & streams
Floods
Freshwater
Morphology
Nature Conservation Department
Receiving waters
Sedimentation & deposition
Soil erosion
Stormwater management
Urban areas
Urban drainage
Urbanization
Water quality
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Summary:In a detailed review on the effect of urban run-off and storm-sewage overflows on receiving waters, topics dealt with include physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of run-off and receiving waters; impact of run-off on water quality, public health risks, and aesthetic conditions; development of water quality criteria and standards (including biological monitoring and use of bioassays); standards for intermittent discharges; modelling of system interactions and models for urban storm run-off; factors requiring further research; and critical measures for regulating considerations. Information on sewage characteristics and river water quality and on average urban run-off quality, in various countries, on effect of presence or absence of indicators on perceived water quality cores, and on macroinvertebrate equilibration uptake and mortality in response to storm-sewage discharges is tabulated. There are 188 references.
ISSN:0273-1223
1996-9732
DOI:10.2166/wst.1993.0293