Urban wet-weather flows

This section is composed of three basic subareas: combined sewer overflows (CSOs); sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs), and stormwater discharges. Much of the literature cited came from documents covering:noteworthy global conferences (Bathala, 1996; Engineering Foundation, 1996; Hallam et al.,1996; Maxwell et al., 1996; Sieker and Verworm [Eds.], 1996; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; 1996; U.S. EPA 1996a; Water Environment Federation, 1996a,b,c), In addition; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) published guidance documents (U.S. EPA, 1996,c,d,e), which are discussed in more detail in the subsection Regulatory Policies and Financial Aspects.