Storm Water Management Examples from Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hlavínek, Petr (Editor), Zeleňáková, Martina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Springer Hydrogeology,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Hydrology.; Environmental management.; Aquatic ecology.; Water pollution.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

This book reviews the current state of the art in managing infrastructure, urban regions, industrial regions and inhabited areas with respect to flooding and water damage. The author is a well-known expert in storm water management, and this book gives a broad overview of the different manageable co...

Table of Contents:

• Stormwater management in urbanised areas
• Review of the implementation process of sustainable stormwater management in the Czech Republic
• Storm water management in urbanised areas
• Pretreatment of stormwater
• Stormwater management and retention in urban catchment
• The analysis of possibilities of using the rainwater harvesting systems in residential buildings in Poland
• Research of infiltration facility efficiency and quality of rainwater harvested from surface runoff in real conditions
• Stormwater management in compliance with sustainable design of buildings
• Protection of slopes against erosion by flowing rain water
• Classification, resources and elimination of xenobiotics in stormwater
• Basic principles of the Czech technical standard ON Sustainable stormwater management
• The law regulations on the subject of rainwater management in Poland.