Water Resources

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Research and Refereed Journal Articles

  • Rushton, B.T. 2001. Low-impact parking lot design reduces runoff and pollutant loads. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 127(3): 172-9.
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  • Tong, S. T. Y. 1990. The hydrologic effects of urban land use: a case study of the Little Miami River Basin. Landscape and Urban Planning 19(1): 99-105.
  • Xian, G., M. Crane, and J. Su. 2007. An analysis of urban development and its environmental impact on the Tampa Bay watershed. Journal of Environmental Management 85(4): 965-976. [PDF]
  • Resources focused outside of Florida

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Cooperative Extension and Government Publications

  • Chin, D.A. 2004. An Overview of Urban Stormwater-Management Practices in Miami-Dade County, Florida. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1346. [PDF]
  • Doyle, W.H., Jr. and J.E. Miller. 1980. Calibration of a Distributed Routing Rainfall-Runoff Model at Four Urban Sites Near Miami, Florida. WRI-80-1.U.S. Geological Survey. [PDF]
  • Franklin, M.A. 1982. Methodology for Stormwater Runoff Investigation, Urban Leon County, Florida (OFR-82-355). U.S. Geological Survey. [PDF]
  • Gain, W.S. 1996. The Effects of Flow-Path Modification on Water-Quality Constituent Retention in an Urban Stormwater Detention Pond and Wetland System, Orlando, Florida (Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4297). Tallahassee FL: Florida Department of Transportation and the U.S. Geological Survey. [PDF]
  • Hippe, D.J., D.J. Wangsness, E.A. Frick, and J.W. Garrett. 1994. Water Quality of The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Ocmulgee River Basins Related to Flooding from Tropical Storm Alberto; Pesticides in Urban and Agricultural Watersheds; and Nitrate and Pesticides in Ground Water, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida (Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4183). Atlanta GA: U.S. Geological Survey. [PDF]
  • Kantrowitz, I.H. and W.M. Woodham. 1995. Efficiency of a Stormwater Detention Pond in Reducing Loads of Chemical and Physical Constituents in Urban Streamflow, Pinellas County, Florida (Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4217). Tallahassee FL: U.S. Geological Survey and Pinellas County. [PDF]
  • Khanal, N. 1975. Hyrologic Aspects of On-Site Retention Systems for Urban Runoff (Technical Publication 75-4 (DRE-57)). West Palm Beach FL: South Florida Water Management District, Resource Planning Department, Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District. [PDF]
  • Korhnak, L.K. 2000. Chapter 6: Restoring the hydrological cycle in the urban forest ecosystem (Circular 1266). School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [PDF]
  • Mattraw, H.C., J. Hardee, and R.A. Miller. 1978. Urban storm-water runoff data for a residential area, Pompano Beach, Florida (OFR-78-234). U.S. Geological Survey. [PDF]
  • Riekerk, H., H.L. Gholz, D.G. Neary, L.V. Korhnak, and S.G. Liu. 1995. Evapotranspiration of pine-cypress flatwoods in Florida. Final Report to USDA Forest Service Southern Forest Experiment Station.
  • Seitz, J. A. and F. Escobedo. 2008. Urban Forests in Florida: Trees Control Stormwater Runoff and Improve Water Quality (FOR184). School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. [Link]
  • Weinberg, M., D. Reece, and D. Allman. 1980. Effect of Urban Stormwater Runoff to a Man-made Lake on Ground Water Quality (Technical Publication 80-4). West Palm Beach FL: South Florida Water Management District, Resource Planning Department. [PDF]
  • Whalen, P.J. and M.G. Cullum. 1988. An Assessment of Urban Land Use/Stormwater Runoff Quality Relationships and Treatment Efficiencies of Selected Stormwater Management Systems (Technical Publication 88-9 (DRE 258)). West Palm Beach FL: South Florida Water Management District, Resource Planning Department, Water Quality Division.
  • Resources focused outside of Florida

Books, Dissertations, Reports, and Theses

  • Craig, J.C. 1996. Cumulative impact of water withdrawal and urbanization on wetlands in the Northern Tampa Bay Region of Florida. Master Thesis. Gainesville FL: University of Florida.
  • Dudas, J.S. 2000. Evaluation of effects of urbanization and spatial wetland configuration effects on southeast Florida hydrology and water quality using a dynamic spatial model. Master Thesis. Gainesville FL: University of Florida.
  • Korhnak, L.V. 1996. Water, phosphorus, nitrogen, and chloride budgets for Lake Alice, Florida, and documentation of the effects of wastewater removal. Master Thesis. Gainesville FL: University of Florida.
  • Peluso, V.F. and A. Marshall. 2002. Best Management Practices for South Florida Urban Stormwater Management Systems (Technical Publication REG-044). West Palm Beach FL: South Florida Water Management District, Everglades Stormwater Program.
  • Resources focused outside of Florida

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