Characterization of stormwater runoff from bridges in North Carolina and the effects of bridge deck runoff on receiving streams
Scientific Investigations Report
2011-5180
Prepared in collaboration with the North Carolina Department of Transportation
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Abstract
In 2008, the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 2436 that required the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to study the water-quality effects of bridges on receiving streams. In response, the NCDOT and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collaborated on a study to provide information necessary to address the requirements of the Bill. To better understand the effects of stormwater runoff from bridges on receiving streams, the following tasks were performed: (1) characterize stormwater runoff quality and quantity from a representative selection of bridges in North Carolina; (2) measure stream water quality upstream from selected bridges to compare bridge deck stormwater concentrations and loads to stream constituent concentrations and loads; and (3) determine if the chemistry of bed sediments upstream and downstream from selected bridges differs substantially based on presence or absence of a best management practice for bridge runoff.
Suggested Citation
Wagner, C., Fitzgerald, S., Sherrell, R.D., Harned, D.A., Staub, E.L., Pointer, B.H., Wehmeyer, L.L., 2011, Characterization of stormwater runoff from bridges in North Carolina and the effects of bridge deck runoff on receiving streams: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5180, x, 89 p.; Table; Download of Appendices, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20115180.
ISSN: 2328-0328 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Characterization of stormwater runoff from bridges in North Carolina and the effects of bridge deck runoff on receiving streams |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Series number | 2011-5180 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sir20115180 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | South Atlantic Water Science Center |
| Description | x, 89 p.; Table; Download of Appendices |
| First page | i |
| Last page | 95 |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |