Author: Alejandro R. DussaillantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Stormwater Infiltration and Focused Groundwater Recharge in a Rain Garden
Author: Alejandro R. DussaillantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Urban Rain Gardens for Controlling Stormwater Runoff and Increasing Groundwater Recharge
Author: Jacob SchneiderSustainable Water Management Solutions for Large Cities
Author: International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Scientific AssemblyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781901502978
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Creating Rain Gardens
Author: Apryl UncapherPublisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604692405
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Homeowners spend hundreds of dollars watering their yard, but there is an easy way to save money and resources—rain gardening. But what is it? As simple as collecting rain to reuse in front and backyards. Creating Rain Gardens is a comprehensive book for the DIY-er, covering everything from rain barrels to simple living roofs, permeable patios, and other low-tech affordable ways to save water in the garden. Water conservation experts Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and Apryl Uncapher walk homeowners through the process, with step-by-step instructions for designing and building swales, French drains, rain gardens, and ephemeral ponds—the building blocks of rain-catching gardens. From soil preparation, planting, troubleshooting, and maintenance, to selecting palettes of water-loving plants that provide four-season interest and a habitat for wildlife, Creating Rain Gardens covers everything a gardener needs to create a beautiful rain garden at home.
Stormwater Infiltration
Author: Bruce FergusonPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351413597
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Stormwater infiltration is the most complete approach to stormwater management. Only infiltration can simultaneously solve problems of water quality, flood control, streambank erosion, aquifer recharge, and maintenance of downstream base flows and wetland hydroperiods. Stormwater Infiltration is the first book to explain the principles of natural science on which infiltration is based, how to apply infiltration to any region of the country, and what kinds of results can be expected. It brings into one publication the complete range of necessary information on soils, vegetation, infiltration, hydrology, design criteria, site layout, construction process for surface and subsurface basins, porous paving materials, feasibility, maintenance, and performance. It draws more than half a century's actual experiences from all over the United States to place stormwater management in a context of environmental balance and quality for human life.
Sustainable Planning and Development
Author: Ēlias BeriatosPublisher: WIT Press (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
Book Description
Addressing spatial planning and regional development in an integrated way as well as in accordance with the principles of sustainability, this book contains the proceedings of the first international conference on this subject.
Modeling Stormwater Rain Garden Performance
Author: Nicholas A. MannaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Green City, Clean Waters is a program run by Philadelphia Water (PWD) with the goal of reducing the impact of combined sewer overflows (CSOs). CSOs are caused by stormwater runoff due to impervious surfaces. Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) captures this stormwater before it reaches the combined sewers. The Monitoring, Analysis, and Research Support (MARS) group at PWD evaluates the performance of existing stormwater management practices. An accurate model of individual stormwater management practices can help to predict future performance and evaluate conclusions reached about existing performance. This thesis, completed by collaborators at Drexel University and PWD, develops and calibrates a rain garden model in R. The model processes influent volume, based on precipitation and drainage area. Volume of water infiltrated and ponded water level are calculated with time, and compared to observed water level. The Green-Ampt equation was selected as the governing method to model infiltration, which considers depth of water, soil porosity, suction head, and saturated hydraulic conductivity. The focus of the model is a rain garden at the Philadelphia Zoo. A simulated runoff test was performed in November 2016 that provided inflow and ponding data, as well as water level in an adjacent trench, that was used to calibrate the model. Following that, a significant storm was also modeled.
Effect of Urban Stormwater Runoff on Ground Water Beneath Recharge Basins on Long Island, New York
Author: Henry F. H. KuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Urban Stormwater Management in the United States
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309125391
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 611
Book Description
The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended.
Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Engineering
Author: Rafid Al KhaddarPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9819913888
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2022). It discusses the latest topics related to energy and environmental engineering. The topics covered include green and clean technologies, zero-energy buildings, solar energy, energy conservation and heat recovery, solar architecture, artificial intelligence for sustainable buildings, climate change, and plastic and air pollution. This book is useful for researchers and professionals working in the area of civil engineering and energy and environmental engineering.