P071: Quantifying the Benefits of Urban Stormwater Management

This research integrated a number of reliable and cost-effective stormwater monitoring techniques with existing stormwater management tools1 customized for the TMDL program to directly improve the quantitative estimates of the water quality benefits of key urban stormwater management practices. The research focused on two priority research and management objectives: 1. Provide the first set of comprehensive data to validate PLRM catchment-scale estimates of pollutant loading and runoff using observed water quality and hydrologic data & 2. Quantify the effectiveness and feasibility of improved road maintenance practices to reduce urban catchment pollutant loads.