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Urban Sediment Removal: The Science, Policy, and Management of Street Sweeping

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There is not an extensive literature on street sweeping.

Much of the research that has been completed exists in the "gray" area of technical reports and government documents.

Furthermore, a great deal of this research is locally based, and has not been widely published.

Indeed, our review of the scientific literature, revealed that, while storm water quality has received a lot of attention, few academicians have been involved in street sweeping research per se.

Thus, throughout our research into street we sweeper effectiveness, sweeping protocols, and sweeping practices, wished that there had been a book summarizing some of the important issues associated with street sweeping.

As our frustration grew, we realized that we were uniquely poised to write such a book as our research had encompassed a variety of different projects including sweeper testing, waste management, and related storm water quality.

Also, early on in this exercise, we recognized that there was a growing demand for information about street sweeping policies and management, especially for studies focusing on the effectiveness of different sweeping schedules, on waste management operations, and on non-point, pollution reduction practices associated with storm water runoff.

It was abundantly clear that there was a profound lack of research on street sweeping that could assist with developing local, regional, or national policies.

There was, in effect, little guidance for city managers on these issues.

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Product Details
Springer
1461515157 / 9781461515159
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
628.46
06/12/2012
English
172 pages
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