BMP technology in urban watersheds: current and future directions

Selected papers from the BMP Technology Symposium: Current and Future Directions, presented at the 2004 World Water and Environmental Congress held in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 28-July 1, 2004. This report presents examples of BMP (Best Management Practice) options for use in the management of urban watersheds. With both case studies and technical information, it details the state of the science and offers BMP designs as well as guidelines for monitoring, selection, implementation, and cost. This work will be beneficial to landscape architects, city planners, watershed managers, and environmental and civil engineers.

"A compilation of the best presentations from the 2004 EWRI World Water and Environmental Congress' BMP Technology Symposium: Current Future Directions, Salt Lake City, Utah"--Page v.

U.S. EPA's urban watershed research program in BMPs and restoration for water quality improvement / Sally Guitierrez -- Milwaukee's integrated approach, a watershed moment / Kevin Shafer -- Integrated approach to urban stormwater management / Tony H.F. Wong -- Best management practices (BMPs) and U.S. environmental protection agency (EPA) programs / Michael Borst [and others] -- BMPs in the heartland : an institutional framework for stormwater management / Michael A. Ports and Tom Jacobs -- Coarse solids management / Robert Pitt -- Coarse solids management 2. The Florida study / Betty Rushton -- Media filtration to remove solids and associated pollutants from stormwater runoff / Shirley Clark [and others] -- The Caltran study / Roger James -- Performance of BMPs. Sampling issues and meeting sampling protocol requirements for BMP performance verification in the state of Washington / James H. Lenhart and Scott A. de Ridder -- Monitoring data on effectiveness of sediment control techniques / Michael E. Barrett and Joseph F. Malina, Jr. -- Performance and design of vegetated BMPs in the highway environment / Michael E. Barrett -- Evaluating bioretention areas from two field sites in N…