A call to record stormwater control functions and to share network data

Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
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Abstract

Urban stormwater is an ongoing contributor to the degradation of the health of many watersheds and water bodies. In the United States, federal regulations (e.g., Clean Water Act) require monitoring and reporting of relevant water quality metrics in regulated waterbodies to ensure standards are being met, but decisions about how to manage urban stormwater are left up to state or other local agencies. While this allows for local adaptation and innovation, it has also lead to isolated holding of implemented stormwater control data at the city level and inconsistent terminology surrounding stormwater control measures (SCMs) between cities and regions (Fletcher et al. 2015; Minton 2000, 2007; WEF and ASCE-EWRI 2012). Particularly at this time when the types of SCMs are shifting to include smaller, distributed SCMs (Chocat et al. 2001; Delleur 2003; Roy et al. 2008; WEF and ASCE-EWRI 2012), the isolated management of SCM inventories is a significant missed opportunity to improve stormwater management through information sharing between cities, agencies, and researchers (Marsalek 2013; Minton 2000; Taira et al. 2018).

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title A call to record stormwater control functions and to share network data
Series title Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
DOI 10.1061/JSWBAY.0000971
Volume 8
Issue 2
Year Published 2022
Language English
Publisher American Society of Civil Engineers
Contributing office(s) South Atlantic Water Science Center
Description 10 p.
First page 1
Last page 10
Country United States
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