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As cities grow and climates change, precipitation increases, and with every great stormfrom record-breaking Boston blizzards to floods in Houstoncome buckets of stormwater and a deluge of problems. In Stormwater, William G. Wilson brings us the first expansive guide to stormwater science and management in urban environments, where rising runoff threatens both human and environmental health. As Wilson shows, rivers of runoff flowing from manmade surfacessuch as roads, sidewalks, and industrial sitescarry a glut of sediments and pollutants. Unlike soil, pavement does not filter or biodegrade these contaminants. Oil, pesticides, road salts, metals, automobile chemicals, and bacteria all pour into stormwater systems. Often this runoff discharges directly into waterways, uncontrolled and untreated, damaging valuable ecosystems. Detailing the harm that can be caused by this urban runoff, Wilson also outlines methods of control, from restored watersheds to green roofs and rain gardens, and

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 7/15/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226364957, 978-0226364957
      ISBN10: 022636495X
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      Book Synopsis
      As cities grow and climates change, precipitation increases, and with every great stormfrom record-breaking Boston blizzards to floods in Houstoncome buckets of stormwater and a deluge of problems. In Stormwater, William G. Wilson brings us the first expansive guide to stormwater science and management in urban environments, where rising runoff threatens both human and environmental health. As Wilson shows, rivers of runoff flowing from manmade surfacessuch as roads, sidewalks, and industrial sitescarry a glut of sediments and pollutants. Unlike soil, pavement does not filter or biodegrade these contaminants. Oil, pesticides, road salts, metals, automobile chemicals, and bacteria all pour into stormwater systems. Often this runoff discharges directly into waterways, uncontrolled and untreated, damaging valuable ecosystems. Detailing the harm that can be caused by this urban runoff, Wilson also outlines methods of control, from restored watersheds to green roofs and rain gardens, and

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