Urban Wet-Weather Flow Management: Research Directions

Abstract

This article highlights the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's wet-weather flow management and pollution control research needs and anticipated research directions for the next five years. It outlines the Risk Management Research Plan for Wet Weather Flows (Field et al. 1996), a peer-reviewed plan developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that emphasizes the risk management aspects of urban wet-weather flow problems. The agency divided the research plan into five major areas, each discussing a specific wet weather flow question and the anticipated research approach to answering the question. Specific research projects for 1997 are cited.