Improving Urban Stormwater Quality - From Theory to Implementation

Increasingly over recent years, initiatives to protect the aquatic environment of urban areas have been a focus of many federal, state and local government organisations and community groups. Many of these initiatives have successfully reduced point sources such as sewage discharge and industrial effluent. Urban stormwater and its role in conveying pollutants to our urban waterways is now widely recognised as the next major issue to tackle. However, the sources of urban pollutants are diffuse and inherently more difficult to manage.