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Apr 26, 2012
Stormwater Concepts — No Adverse Impact
Authors: Robert G. Traver [email protected], Allen P. Davis [email protected], William F. Hunt [email protected], and Mow-Soung Cheng [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Low Impact Development for Urban Ecosystem and Habitat Protection
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The scope and expectations of Stormwater Management have changed dramatically in the last few years, moving away from a purely flood control perspective toward a green infrastructure approach protecting the sustainability of our rivers and watersheds (PaDEP 2006). The first transition occurred when we as a profession realized that we could start to address water quality issues in our flood control based detention facilities, by creating naturalized basins or stormwater wetlands. Our next advance has been to integrate Low Impact Development concepts, such as pervious pavements, green roofs and bioretention, into the landscape to minimize the adverse effects of land form change and to address stormwater volume. As our profession becomes more confident in the performance and longevity of our BMP tools, we are again progressing, moving toward a "No Net Impact", or better stated, "No Adverse Impact" design goal.
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Professor, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, 19085. E-mail: [email protected]
Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-3021. E-mail: [email protected]
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625. E-mail: [email protected]
Special Assistant to the Director, Department of Environmental Resources, Prince George's County, MD 20774. E-mail: [email protected]
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