Author: Thomas J. LopesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Road drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A Review of Semivolatile and Volatile Organic Compounds in Highway Runoff and Urban Stormwater
Author: Thomas J. LopesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Road drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Identification of Research Needs Related to Highway Runoff Management
Author: Marie VennerPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309088151
Category : Road drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Introduction -- Department of Transportation research preferences -- Review of published literature and potential research needs -- Summary of identified research gaps and needs -- Master bibliography -- Appendixes.
Effectiveness of Three Best Management Practices for Highway-runoff Quality Along the Southeast Expressway, Boston, Massachusetts
Author: Kirk P. SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Occurrence summary and use support document for the sixyear review of national primary drinking water regulations
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428905391
Category : Drinking water
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
Water-resources Investigations Report
Author: Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades N.P., GDM
Author: Sustainable Landscaping
Author: Marietta LoehrleinPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000195929
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Sustainable landscaping involves a set of practices implemented by landscape practitioners to help solve environmental concerns. Continuing in the tradition of its predecessor, the second edition of Sustainable Landscaping: Principles and Practices examines underlying landscaping issues that adversely affect the environment and illustrates alternative methods that result in positive outcomes. This textbook examines all phases of landscaping in both residential and commercial environments, from design to construction and implementation to maintenance. Firmly anchoring landscaping practices in the context of sustainability, this book explores topics including choosing appropriate plants and using plants for specific effects, such as shading, water quality and quantity, soil health and optimal preservation techniques, pesticide usage and its inherent dangers, energy consumption, and resource management and waste reduction. Sustainable Landscaping also provides a thorough grounding in pertinent issues and terminology for each topic, followed by practical solutions applied by landscape professionals. Each chapter includes learning objectives and case studies of actual sustainable landscape activities. Contains updated government statistics and data, graphs, tables, and color photographs throughout. Provides background information and sustainable solutions for students, homeowners, and landscaping professionals to effectively design and manage landscapes. Author Dr. Marietta Loehrlein is a Professor Emeritus of Horticulture and Landscaping at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL, USA. While there, she developed a new course, "Sustainable Landscaping," and wrote the first edition of this textbook, which was also the first of its kind to address the subject.
Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309100887
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
All phases of road developmentâ€"from construction and use by vehicles to maintenanceâ€"affect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants and animals. Roads and traffic can alter wildlife habitat, cause vehicle-related mortality, impede animal migration, and disperse nonnative pest species of plants and animals. Integrating environmental considerations into all phases of transportation is an important, evolving process. The increasing awareness of environmental issues has made road development more complex and controversial. Over the past two decades, the Federal Highway Administration and state transportation agencies have increasingly recognized the importance of the effects of transportation on the natural environment. This report provides guidance on ways to reconcile the different goals of road development and environmental conservation. It identifies the ecological effects of roads that can be evaluated in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of roads and offers several recommendations to help better understand and manage ecological impacts of paved roads.
Oil in the Sea III
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309084385
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Since the early 1970s, experts have recognized that petroleum pollutants were being discharged in marine waters worldwide, from oil spills, vessel operations, and land-based sources. Public attention to oil spills has forced improvements. Still, a considerable amount of oil is discharged yearly into sensitive coastal environments. Oil in the Sea provides the best available estimate of oil pollutant discharge into marine waters, including an evaluation of the methods for assessing petroleum load and a discussion about the concerns these loads represent. Featuring close-up looks at the Exxon Valdez spill and other notable events, the book identifies important research questions and makes recommendations for better analysis ofâ€"and more effective measures againstâ€"pollutant discharge. The book discusses: Inputâ€"where the discharges come from, including the role of two-stroke engines used on recreational craft. Behavior or fateâ€"how oil is affected by processes such as evaporation as it moves through the marine environment. Effectsâ€"what we know about the effects of petroleum hydrocarbons on marine organisms and ecosystems. Providing a needed update on a problem of international importance, this book will be of interest to energy policy makers, industry officials and managers, engineers and researchers, and advocates for the marine environment.
Assessing the Impacts of Bridge Deck Runoff Contaminants in Receiving Waters
Author: Thomas V. DupuisPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309067588
Category : Bridge deck runoff
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.