Stormwater Effects Handbook: A Toolbox for Watershed Managers,
Scientists, and Engineers. Allen Burton and Robert Pitt, CRC Press
2001.
Preface
This handbook is
intended to be a working document which assists scientists, engineers,
consultants, regulators, citizen groups, and environmental managers in
determining if stormwater runoff is causing adverse effects and
beneficial-use impairments in local receiving waters. This includes adverse
effects on aquatic life and human health and considers exposures to multiple
stressors such as pathogens, chemicals, and habitat alteration. Given the
complicated nature of the problem, where diffuse inputs contain multiple
stressors which vary in intensity with time (and often in areas which are
simultaneously impacted by point source discharges or other development activities,
e.g., channelization), it is difficult to define and separate stormwater
effects from these other factors. To accomplish this task requires an
integrated watershed-based assessment approach which focuses on sampling
before, during, and after storm events.
This handbook
provides a logical approach for an experimental design that can be tailored
to address a wide range of environmental concerns, such as ecological and
human health risk assessments, determining water quality or biological
criteria exceedances, use impairment, source identification, trend analysis,
determination of best management practice (BMP) effectiveness, stormwater
quality monitoring for NPDES Phase I and II permits and applications, and
total maximum daily load (TMDL) assessments. Despite the complexity of
stormwater, successful and accurate assessments of its impact are possible by
following the logical integrated approaches described in this handbook.
EPA Contact: Richard
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Table of Contents
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1,628kb
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15 pages
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Cover page, title page and TOC.
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Chapter 1
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314kb
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14 pages
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction.
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Chapter 2
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3,272kb
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32 pages
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CHAPTER 2 Receiving Water Uses, Impairments,
and Sources of Stormwater Pollutants.
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Chapter 3
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3,598kb
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52 pages
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CHAPTER 3 Stressor Categories and Their Effects
on Humans and Ecosystems.
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Chapter 4a
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2,692kb
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50 pages
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CHAPTER 4 Overview of Assessment Problem
Formulation.
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Chapter 4b
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2,506kb
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50 pages
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Continuation of Chapter 4.
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Chapter 4c
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1,298kb
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24 pages
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Continuation of Chapter 4.
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Chapter 5a
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1,275kb
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CHAPTER 5 Sampling Effort and Collection
Methods.
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Chapter 5b
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4,882kb
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50 pages
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Continuation of Chapter 5.
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Chapter 5c
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Continuation of Chapter 5.
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Chapter 6a
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CHAPTER 6 Ecosystem Component Characterization.
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Chapter 6b
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Continuation of Chapter 6.
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Chapter 6c
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Continuation of Chapter 6.
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Chapter 6d
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Continuation of Chapter 6.
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Chapter 7
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1,242kb
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34 pages
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CHAPTER 7 Statistical Analyses of Receiving
Water Data.
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Chapter 8
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450kb
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32 pages
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CHAPTER 8 Data Interpretation.
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Appendix A
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3,640kb
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24 pages
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APPENDIX A Habitat Characterization.
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Appendix B
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1,540kb
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28 pages
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APPENDIX B Benthic Community Assessment.
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Appendix C
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718kb
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16 pages
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APPENDIX C Fish Community Assessment.
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Appendix D
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326kb
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APPENDIX D Toxicity and Bioaccumulation
Testing.
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Appendix E
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2,650kb
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APPENDIX E Laboratory Safety, Waste Disposal,
and Chemical Analyses Methods.
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Appendix F
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120kb
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10 pages
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APPENDIX F Sampling Requirements for Paired
Tests.
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Appendix G
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607kb
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APPENDIX G Water Quality Criteria.
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Appendix H
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517kb
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24 pages
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APPENDIX H Watershed and Receiving Water
Modeling.
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Appendix I
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56kb
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4 pages
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APPENDIX I Glossary.
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Appendix J
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59kb
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4 pages
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APPENDIX J Vendors of Supplies and Equipment
Used in Receiving–Water Monitoring.
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Index Section
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Index Section.
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2002 CRC Press, LLC. All rights reserved. This public display of Stormwater
Effects Handbook: A Toolbox for Watershed Managers, Scientists, and
Engineers by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is authorized
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(available September, 2001) upon which this manual is based, contact
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of this book.
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