Effects of low-impact-development (LID) practices on streamflow, runoff quantity, and runoff quality in the Ipswich River Basin, Massachusetts: A summary of field and modeling studies

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1361, 2010, Pages 6-41

  Zimmerman, Marc J ^a   Waldron, Marcus C ^a   Barbaro, Jeffrey R ^a   Sorenson, Jason R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION; E. COLI; EFFECTIVE IMPERVIOUS AREA; FIELD STUDIES; FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; GREEN ROOF; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; GROUNDWATER PROFILE; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL; LAND-USE CHANGE; LOCAL SCALE; LOW FLOW; MASSACHUSETTS; MODEL SIMULATION; MODELING STUDIES; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PARKING LOTS; PAVING STONE; PILOT PROGRAMS; POROUS ASPHALTS; POROUS PAVEMENT; POROUS SURFACE; PRIMARY FACTORS; RAIN GARDENS; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; RIVER BASINS; ROOF RUNOFF; RUNOFF QUALITY; SPATIAL SCALE; STATE AGENCIES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; STORM RUNOFF; STORM WATER RUNOFF; SUBBASINS; TECHNICAL ADVISORY; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN LAND USE; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

ASPHALT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CADMIUM; CAPILLARY FLOW; CHROMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORESTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PHOSPHORUS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; RATING; RETROFITTING; ROOFS; RUNOFF; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STORM SEWERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

ASPHALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIELDWORK; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HEAVY METAL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN; PAVEMENT; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POROUS MEDIUM; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; STREAMFLOW; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

IPSWICH BASIN; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84857275980     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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