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Residential Storm Water Management: Objectives, Principles, & Design Considerations

January 1975     

This report provides objectives, principles and design considerations for a new approach to residential storm water runoff management. Design considerations include storm water runoff analysis considerations, storage considerations and criteria, streets and curbs, natural drainage, underground pipe systems, storm water inlets, and legal implications. This publication aims to stimulate communities to adopt storm water management practices that are responsive to local conditions and supportive of the basic objectives and principles presented within the report.

Prepared jointly by:
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
NAHB Research Center
Urban Land Institute (ULI)

63 pages