The potential for green infrastructure practices to reduce combined sewer overflows as examined in Nashville, Tennessee

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3452-3461

  Jawdy, Curt ^a   Reese, Andrew ^a   Parker, Joseph ^a  

^a AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrastructure; Overflow; Sewers; Sustainable development; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

BIORETENTION CELL; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; CONTINUOUS SIMULATION; DEEP PERCOLATION; DESIGN CURVES; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; GREEN ROOF; INFRASTRUCTURE; OVERFLOW; PERVIOUS PAVEMENT; PLANTINGS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PROTOTYPE MODELS; RULE OF THUMB; RUNOFF VOLUMES; SINGLE EVENT; STORM WATER MANAGEMENT MODEL; SURFACE EVAPORATION; TEST SENSITIVITY; TREE PLANTERS;

AGRICULTURE; COMBINED SEWERS; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; RAIN; SOLVENTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPIRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

RUNOFF;

EID: 77954970288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41114(371)353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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