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Teacher resources for introducing urban stormwater quality concepts to the classroom : including example lesson plans meeting Colorado standards for science, geography and civics
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Teacher resources for introducing urban stormwater quality concepts to the classroom : including example lesson plans meeting Colorado standards for science, geography and civics
Abstract
Our drinking water supplies, fishing and recreational waters are fouled by uncontrolled pollution when rainwater and snowmelt wash over city streets, parking lots, and suburban lawns and pick up toxic chemicals, disease-causing organisms (from pet waste), and dirt and trash. This problem is called urban stormwater pollution. Recent studies have found that urban stormwater rivals and in some cases exceeds sewage plants and large factories as a source of damaging pollutants. Two hundred years of unregulated, unmanaged urban stormwater have contributed to many severe public health problems and expensive natural resource losses in the United States.
Date
2006
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Teacher resources for introducing urban stormwater quality concepts to the classroom : including example lesson plans meeting Colorado standards for science, geography and civics, Teacher resources for introducing urban stormwater quality concepts to the classroom
Colorado discharge permit system (CDPS) general permit COR900000 for stormwater discharges associated with non-extractive industrial activity : developing your stormwater management plan (SWMP) : technical assistance for industrial facility operators
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Colorado discharge permit system (CDPS) general permit COR900000 for stormwater discharges associated with non-extractive industrial activity : developing your stormwater management plan (SWMP) : technical assistance for industrial facility operators
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Storm water runoff is water from rain or snowmelt that does not immediately infiltrate into the ground, and instead flows through natural or man-made conveyance or storage systems. Stormwater runoff volume is greater in areas with high proportions of impervious surfaces (e.g., paved roads, buildings, parking lots, etc.). Runoff from areas where industrial activities are conducted can contain pollutants when facility practices allow exposure of industrial materials or activities to stormwater. To regulate the amount of pollutants entering Colorado Waters, the Colorado Water Quality Control Act mandates that certain types of industrial activities that discharge stormwater to state waters must obtain coverage under a Colorado Discharge Permit System (CDPS) permit issued by the Colorado Water Quality Control Division.
Date
2012
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Colorado discharge permit system (CDPS) general permit COR900000 for stormwater discharges associated with non-extractive industrial activity : developing your stormwater management plan (SWMP) : technical assistance for industrial facility operators, Developing your stormwater management plan (SWMP) technical assistance for industrial facility operators