Since most of these urban land parcels do not have green space available for infiltration, there is a need to create ... This mitigates the problems of urban stormwater runoff in two primary ways. The ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. AbstractThe process of urbanisation leads to significant changes in surface cover, which influence the hydrological properties of an area.

The scientific discovery is gratifying for those who have watched in agony as coho salmon have died in urban streams for ...

Urban flooding is caused by excessive stormwater runoff in developed areas where ... linear ditches for rainwater infiltration. They’re sort of like raingardens for the street.

The coefficient of runoff is the proportion of precipitation remaining after infiltration. This remaining amount of water will be available for surface or overland flow. In a simplified model, all ...

A detenetion pond, or "detention basin," is a large, constructed depression in an urban landscape that receives and stores the stormwater runoff from large drainage areas. Detention basins usually ...

The California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has begun its process to develop a new statewide Urban Stormwater Infiltration Policy. The goal of the proposed new policy is ...

These findings highlight the influence of spatial heterogeneity in soil thickness on preferential flow characteristics, further enriching the complex infiltration-runoff theory in karst hillslopes.