Documenting stormwater quality on Texas highways and adjacent vegetated roadsides

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-59

  Li, Ming Han ^a   Barrett, Michael E ^b   Rammohan, Pavitra ^a   Olivera, Francisco ^a   Landphair, Harlow C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Highways; Nonpoint pollution; Road shoulders; Runoff; Stormwater management; Texas; Vegetation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

NONPOINT POLLUTION; ROAD SHOULDERS; STORMWATER MANAGEMENT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RUNOFF; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

WATER QUALITY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RUNOFF; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

HEAVY METAL; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTIN; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 37249063546     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2008)134:1(48)     Document Type: Article

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