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The overall goal is to provide the necessary stormwater drainage infrastructure for a 12,000-acre (49 km 2) region on the southern end of the island while at the same time preserving the last freshwater wetlands in New York City. The bluebelt uses a series of carefully placed BMPs at the storm sewer/wetland interface to reduce flooding and ...
The LID design approach has received support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is being promoted as a method to help meet goals of the Clean Water Act. [7] Various local, state, and federal agency programs have adopted LID requirements in land development codes and implemented them in public works projects.
Stormwater management, as a specialized area within the field of environmental engineering, emerged later in the 20th century, and some practitioners have used the term BMP to describe both structural or engineered control devices and systems (e.g. retention ponds) to treat polluted stormwater, as well as operational or procedural practices (e ...
The latest update notes and new features can be found on the EPA website in the download section. [10] Recently added in November 2015 were the EPA SWMM 5.1 Hydrology Manual (Volume I) [11] and in 2016 the EPA SWMM 5.1 Hydraulic Manual (Volume II) [12] and EPA SWMM 5.1 Water Quality (including LID Modules) Volume (III) [13] + Errata. [14]
A rain garden at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. The concept of LID (low-impact design) for stormwater management is based on bioretention: a landscape and water design practice that utilizes the chemical, biological, and physical properties of soils, microorganisms, and plants to control the quality ...
Integrated urban water management (IUWM) is the practice of managing freshwater, wastewater, and storm water as components of a basin-wide management plan. It builds on existing water supply and sanitation considerations within an urban settlement by incorporating urban water management within the scope of the entire river basin. [ 1 ]
The NPDES was introduced in 1972 as part of the Clean Water Act, and is administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with state environmental agencies. [ 2 ] H&H software such as HydroCAD is important in the implementation of the Low-Impact Development approach to stormwater management that is gaining popularity ...
NYCDEP manages three upstate supply systems to provide the city's drinking water: the Croton system, the Catskill system, and the Delaware system. The overall distribution system has a storage capacity of 550 billion US gallons (2.1 × 10 9 m 3) and provides over 1 billion US gallons (3,800,000 m 3) per day of water to more than eight million city residents and another one million users in ...