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Prepared by the Gross Solid Technical Committee of the Urban Water Resources Research Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. This report standardizes data collection procedures and laboratory protocols used in evaluating the removal of gross solids. Gross solids are litter, trash, leaves, and large coarse sediments that travel, as either floating debris or bed loads, in stormwater conveyance systems. Traditional monitoring programs, which were designed to determine the effectiveness of best management practices (BMPs) for reducing stormwater pollution, rely on autosamplers that ineffectively sample gross solids. These large pollutants can have a harmful impact on the environment. This report analyzes three levels of monitoring procedures: screening evaluation, performance evaluation, and research and design. This book will be useful to engineers and professionals involved in stormwater management.

Water --- Environmental monitoring --- Roadside litter --- Stream conservation --- Urban hydrology --- Stormwater management --- Water resources --- Solid wastes --- Data collection --- Debris --- Best Management Practices (BMPs) --- Municipal water --- Professional societies --- Pollution --- Measurement --- Standards

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Sponsored by the Urbanization Effects on Groundwater Task Committee of the Groundwater Hydrology Committee of the Groundwater Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. What are the regional differences in stormwater and wastewater management technology approaches to urbanization? How can wetland extent and function be incorporated as an integral part of urban infrastructure systems, including effects on groundwater level? Addressing questions such as these, this book presents sustainable systems engineering technologies and applies them to the management of water in urban areas. To promote sustainable management of water, chapters examine the interactions among energy, environment, ecology, and socioeconomic paradigms and describe the challenges and opportunities facing engineers, scientists, and policymakers. Topics fall into four broad categories: water supply and pollution prevention; stormwater management with regional infiltration technologies; wastewater treatment and disposal with nutrient removal; and low impact development with landscape architecture technologies. Within these categories, chapters range from the fundamental theory to physical, chemical, and biological processes, to the coupled human and natural environment, to the representation of simulated evolutionary pathways. This volume makes a strong case for sustainable development and management and helps to expose how sensitive key water quantity and quality management targets are to urban development.

Urban runoff --- Groundwater --- Sustainable urban development. --- Urban and regional development --- Urban areas --- Municipal water --- Sustainable development --- Stormwater management --- Water pollution --- Water management --- United States --- Florida --- Texas --- Georgia --- Orlando --- Environmental aspects. --- Management --- Pollution. --- Purification

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Sponsored by the Natural Processes and Systems for Hazardous Waste Treatment Task Committee of the Environmental Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. This report discusses the various natural processes for the attenuation and degradation of hazardous compounds and considers the application of these processes within inexpensive natural systems. New chemical compounds are continually being created to meet specific industrial applications and human uses. Release of these compounds into the environment is inevitable, and their contamination of natural resources, as well as their effect on human health, remain an important global ecological concern. Many compounds degrade in the presence of various natural processes, so there is a need to understand whether new compounds will persist in the environment or will eventually break down innocuously. Major attenuation processes that are covered include: sorption and sequestration, biodegradation and assimilation processes, photo-processes, phyto-processes, oxidation-reduction, and physical processes. Extensive up-to-date references are included, as well as numerous illustrations, tables, and case studies. This book serves as a reference for undergraduate or graduate students, as well as for practicing professionals.

Hazardous wastes --- Waste treatment --- Natural disasters --- Water treatment --- Industrial wastes --- Chemical degradation --- Biological processes --- Water resources --- Natural attenuation. --- Biodegradation. --- Environmental aspects.

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Sponsored by the Bioenergy and Biofuel Task Committee of the Environmental Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. This book is one of the first to provide in-depth technical information on the broad topics of biofuel and bioenergy with extensive illustrations, case studies, summary tables, and up-to-date references. Biofuel and bioenergy produced from biowastes and biomass is a clean energy source that can be produced renewably. The 21 chapters of this book offer state-of-the-art reviews, current research, and technology developments with respect to first-, second-, and third-generation biofuels and bioenergy. The book focuses on the biological/biochemical pathway, as this option has been reported to be the most cost-effective method for biofuel/bioenergy production. The opening chapter gives an overview of the current status of biofuel and bioenergy production. Subsequent chapters cover biomethane production, microbial fuel cells, feedstock production, preprocessing, biomass pretreatment, enzyme hydrolysis, and syngas fermentation. Algal processes for biofuel production, biobutanol production, bioreactor systems, and value-added processing of biofuel residues are included. This book addresses life-cycle analyses of first- and second-generation biofuels (from corn, soybean, jatropha, and cellulosic biomass) and the emerging applications of nanotechnology in biofuel/bioenergy production. Each chapter builds a foundation for the one that follows, and each chapter concludes with current research trends and further research needs. This book will be valuable to researchers, instructors, senior undergraduate and graduate students, decision-makers, professionals, and others interested in the field of biofuel/bioenergy. Praise for This Book This book attempts to provide an in-depth compilation of relevant technical information on several aspects of biofuel and bioenergy production ... it can serve as a useful quick reference for consulting engineers. It is also a good introductory resources for advanced students, researchers, instructors, decision makers, and professionals in the biofuel and bioenergy field. Recommended. —A.C. Sheth, emeritus, University of Tennessee Space Institute, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, December 2010.

Biomass energy. --- Refuse as fuel. --- Waste products as fuel. --- Biomass --- Renewable energy --- Waste management --- Anaerobic processes --- Biological processes --- Bioreactors --- Life cycles --- Nanomechanics

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Sponsored by the Task Committee for Urban TMDLs of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. This report contains a variety of case studies on urban TMDLs (total maximum daily loads) that demonstrate acceptable modeling, acceptable pollutant allocations, and in some cases, acceptable implementation plans. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that more than 40% of assessed waters still do not meet the water quality standards that states, territories, and authorized tribes have set for them. These waters include approximately 300,000 miles of rivers and shorelines as well as approximately five million acres of lakes polluted mostly by sediments, excess nutrients, and harmful microorganisms. At least 218 million people live within 10 miles of these impaired waters.

Urban runoff --- Water --- Clean Water Act --- Case studies --- Municipal water --- Urban areas --- Water quality --- Water resources --- Water pollution --- Nutrient pollution --- United States --- Florida --- Virginia --- Los Angeles --- California --- Tampa --- Pennsylvania --- Management. --- Pollution --- Total maximum daily load.