National assessment of rainwater harvesting as a stormwater best management practice: Challenges, needs, and recommendations

Low Impact Development 2010: Redefining Water in the City - Proceedings of the 2010 International Low Impact Development Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 842-852

  Burian, Steven J ^a   Jones, Dwane ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b State of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Best Management Practice; Rainfall; Stormwater management

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; DESIGN METHOD; LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT; NATIONAL ASSESSMENT; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; STORMWATERS; TECHNICAL INFORMATION; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; URBAN WATER RESOURCES;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HARVESTING; RAIN; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; STORM SEWERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77954897669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41099(367)74     Document Type: Conference Paper

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