Publisher's Synopsis
Selected Proceedings of the 19th Biennial Conference of the International Association on Water Quality, held in Vancouver, BC, Canada, 21-26 June 1998. Part 8 contains 43 selected papers from the sessions on Urban Storm Drainage; Diffuse Source Pollution; Sewer Processes; and Marine Wastewater Outfalls. These papers, by many of the world's leading experts, constitute an unrivalled wide-ranging and authoritative compilation of current work on drainage and sewerage in urban and rural contexts. Topics covered range from research on basic hydraulic and biological processes in sewer pipes to management strategies for entire catchments, and examinations of the technologies and impacts of marine disposal. These papers will be an essential reference for municipal, civil and environmental engineers concerned with managing the passage of water through the environment.