Stormwater Best Management Practices in an Ultra-Urban Setting: Selection and Monitoring.
Best management practices (BMPs) are used to mitigate the
effects of highways and roads on local conditions, in terms of both water
quantity and water quality effects. BMPs are used to reduce peak flows, to
reduce runoff volumes, and to reduce the magnitude and concentrations of
constituents in runoff. Numerous studies have been done on the effectiveness of
BMPs, although past studies have emphasized more traditional BMPs such as wet
and dry ponds and vegetative practices. A new, emerging area of BMPs includes
technologies for highly urbanized, highly impervious ("ultra-urban") areas.
Many of these practices use existing stormwater and wastewater technologies, modifying
them to fit into the ultra-urban environment.
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