Storm Water Management (Chapter 8)
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Pervious surfaces - CORRECT ANSWER -Water can infiltrate
-Green space
Impervious surfaces - CORRECT ANSWER -Water slides over/increases runoff
-pavement, sidewalks, concrete
Structural Methods - CORRECT ANSWER --Constructed or built
-You can visibly see it
Non-structural Methods - CORRECT ANSWER --Planning
-Educating the public
-Media aren't intangible
-Mainly communication
Point Source Pollution - CORRECT ANSWER -An object or place where you can ID
where the point at which contamination is taking place (industry, pipes, etc)
Non-Point Source Pollution - CORRECT ANSWER -You cannot clearly ID where the
pollution is coming from
-Runoff from several different points
*Biggest problem with runoff and storm water management
Storm Water Control Measures (SCM) - CORRECT ANSWER -*Vary in scale (from a
development site to a watershed), timing in the runoff regime (placed at different points from
, sheet flow to concentrated flow), objectives (runoff storage, conveyance, infiltration, treatment,
detention).
*May be either structural or non structural
-Watershed approach
-Green Infrastructure
-Neighborhood design
Watershed approach - CORRECT ANSWER --A holistic approach
-Wide range of strategies:
1)Structural
2)Non-structural
-Examples:
*Maryland Stormwater
Management Program
*Washington Stormwater
Management Program
Maryland Stormwater Management Program - CORRECT ANSWER -Emphasized runoff
flow control
-2000 the MDE had proposed new regulations to promote environmentally sustainable
techniques for controlling the quantity and quality of runoff from new development
-Maryland Stormwater Design Manual: establishes specific design criteria and procedures for
localities
-Program includes initiatives by giving credits for such methods in these sizing calculations for
required water quality, recharge, and channel protection volumes
Washington Stormwater Management Program - CORRECT ANSWER --Created in
response to 1987s Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan, which called on the agency
(WDOE) to develop guidance for stormwater quality improvement
-The Puget Sound Manual updated in 2005 to apply to all of Western Washington
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Pervious surfaces - CORRECT ANSWER -Water can infiltrate
-Green space
Impervious surfaces - CORRECT ANSWER -Water slides over/increases runoff
-pavement, sidewalks, concrete
Structural Methods - CORRECT ANSWER --Constructed or built
-You can visibly see it
Non-structural Methods - CORRECT ANSWER --Planning
-Educating the public
-Media aren't intangible
-Mainly communication
Point Source Pollution - CORRECT ANSWER -An object or place where you can ID
where the point at which contamination is taking place (industry, pipes, etc)
Non-Point Source Pollution - CORRECT ANSWER -You cannot clearly ID where the
pollution is coming from
-Runoff from several different points
*Biggest problem with runoff and storm water management
Storm Water Control Measures (SCM) - CORRECT ANSWER -*Vary in scale (from a
development site to a watershed), timing in the runoff regime (placed at different points from
, sheet flow to concentrated flow), objectives (runoff storage, conveyance, infiltration, treatment,
detention).
*May be either structural or non structural
-Watershed approach
-Green Infrastructure
-Neighborhood design
Watershed approach - CORRECT ANSWER --A holistic approach
-Wide range of strategies:
1)Structural
2)Non-structural
-Examples:
*Maryland Stormwater
Management Program
*Washington Stormwater
Management Program
Maryland Stormwater Management Program - CORRECT ANSWER -Emphasized runoff
flow control
-2000 the MDE had proposed new regulations to promote environmentally sustainable
techniques for controlling the quantity and quality of runoff from new development
-Maryland Stormwater Design Manual: establishes specific design criteria and procedures for
localities
-Program includes initiatives by giving credits for such methods in these sizing calculations for
required water quality, recharge, and channel protection volumes
Washington Stormwater Management Program - CORRECT ANSWER --Created in
response to 1987s Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan, which called on the agency
(WDOE) to develop guidance for stormwater quality improvement
-The Puget Sound Manual updated in 2005 to apply to all of Western Washington
