Urban Stormwater Management

Urban Storm Water Management, Third Edition, covers the design, installation, and maintenance of storm water management systems, addresses the impact of urban development on runoff and infiltration, and focuses on storm water management relative to flooding and water pollution. Recognizing that urbanization increases and accelerates runoff, reduces infiltration, and deteriorates water quality, the author proposes stormwater runoff as a resource that can be conserved for reuse. He suggests the reuse of stormwater runoff in general, and rainwater from roofs in particular, as a cost-effective means of achieving long-term sustainability. In addition, the book explores green infrastructure as the future of stormwater management and introduces techniques that can help reduce the thermal impacts of stormwater management practices.Provides an updated presentation of urbanization’s impact on stormwater.Presents further analysis of the universal runoff model and the application of this model to non-uniform rainfalls.Offers a more detailed presentation of stormwater management systems, especially bio-filtration basins.Includes a comparative analysis of the effectiveness and costs of best management practices (BMPs).Contains an in-depth discussion of the means of collecting stormwater, such as roof rain for outdoor and certain indoor uses.

Hormoz Pazwash, PhD, earned his BS, CE with highest honor among theentire graduating class of 1963 from Tehran University. He continued hisgraduate studies under the supervision of the late Dr. Ven Te Chow at theUniversity of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, earning an MS and a PhD incivil engineering. In 1970 he joined the Faculty of Engineering at TehranUniversity and, in the next 7 years, held the positions of assistant professor,associate professor, and chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering.His other academic appointments have included visiting professorships atthe University of California, Berkeley; the University of Akron in Ohio;and an associate professorship at Northeastern University in Boston. Hehas also served as an adjunct professor at Stevens Institute of Technology inHoboken, New Jersey. Dr. Pazwash has received various academic awards, including a fellowship atTehran University and a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of California, Berkeley.He is listed in the 1992–1993 premier edition of Marcus Who’s Who in Science and Engineeringand the International Who’s Who of Professionals. From mid1985 when he ventured from full timeteaching at Northeastern University to engineering practice until his retirement in 2021, Dr. Pazwashhas been engaged in engineering practice. In those 36 years, he has been involved with the designand consultation of drainage systems, fl ood control and above all stormwater management projects.He has also taught a number of senior- and graduate-level courses in the fi eld of water resources andstormwater management at Stevens Institute of Technology.Dr. Pazwash is the author of over 50 papers, seven books including 1st and 2nd editions of UrbanStormwater Management and a chapter of the Encyclopedia of Environmental Management,published September 2014. His professional experience covers a broad range of disciplines in waterresources and hydrologic/hydraulic engineering. He has been involved in projects that includeevaluation of regional water resources; the design of pipelines, channels, and culverts; hydrologicand hydraulic analysis of rivers and streams; fl ood control projects; reservoir and dam safety studies;and in particular the design of drainage and stormwater management systems. Dr. Pazwash is wellrespected in the fi eld of engineering due to his professional accomplishments.Dr. Pazwash had held Professional Engineering licenses in New Jersey and New York. He is a lifemember and Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a Diplomat of theAmerican Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE), D.WRE. He is also a member of theAmerican Water Resources Association (AWRA).