Connecting the Effectiveness of Surface Water Control Measures to Worldwide Regulatory Requirements
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 58
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vadose zone hydrology; urban hydrology; watershed hydrology; stormwater; low impact development; LID; green infrastructure; GI; best management practice; BMP; stormwater control measures; scm; remote sensing; swmm; geographic information system; gis; heat island
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Interests: soil erosion; land use and land cover; wetland remote sensing
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Dear Colleagues,
The use of LID (Low Impact Development) or BMP (Best Management Practice) to control runoff quality has been a commonplace practice throughout the world, and there have been many papers investigating their performance. However, there were not as many papers focusing on how regulatory requirements of water quality were satisfied based on the application of LID or BMP, since the implementation of stormwater control measures (SCMs) is only required to be “maximum extent practicable” by the regulations of many countries. This special issue plans to gather publications that link the performance of stormwater control measures (e.g., LID or BMP) to regulatory requirements of water quality worldwide. Some possible directions are:
- Field studies reporting how the implementation of SCMs mitigated water quality of waterbodies so regulatory requirements were met. The approaches of field studies can be in-situ sampling, remote sensing, or any methods applicable;
- Strategies to choose and/or place SCMs so the water quality of a waterbody satisfies the regulatory requirements. Simulations (modeling) or actual field cases are both welcome;
- Monitoring schemes to understand the effect of the implementation of SCMs under the requirements of water quality regulations;
- Any research that falls in the broad scope of the special issue is welcome!
Dr. Min-cheng Tu
Dr. Hong-Yuan Huo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low impact development (LID)
- best management practice (BMP)
- stormwater control measures (SCM)
- water quality
- regulation
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