Highway Runoff Water Quality Research

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Highway Runoff Water Quality Research

• Patricia Cazenas
• Water and Ecosystem Team
• Office of Natural and Human Environment
• (202)-366-4085
• patricia.cazenas_at_fhwa.dot.gov

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Stormwater Issues

• Highway Runoff
• Impacts
• Erosion and Sediment Control
• Permits
• Research Areas

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Water Quality Research Priorities

• Watershed techniques
• Impact Assessment
• Mitigation and BMPs

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Research

• With other Federal Agencies
• Transportation Research Board (TRB)
• National Cooperative Highway Research Program
  (NCHRP)
• Joint research with State DOTs

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Federal Highways Water Quality Research

• Determining Components of Infrastructure to
  Stormwater Runoff
• Evaluation and Update of FHWA Pollutant Loadings
  Model for Highway Stormwater Runoff

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NCHRP 25-20

• Management of Runoff from surface Transportation
  Facilities Synthesis and Research Plan
• Evaluation of Best Management Practices for
  Highway Runoff Control (01)

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Regulatory Issues

• Total Maximum Daily Loads
• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
• Effluent Guidelines

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Road Salt

• NCHRP Project 6-13 Guidelines for Snow and Ice
  Control Materials and Methods
• Snow and Ice Cooperative Program www.sicop.net
• NCHRP Project 6-16 Guidelines for the Selection
  of Snow and Ice Control Materials to Mitigate
  Environmental Impacts

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Publications and Reports

• Management of the Discharge Quality of Highway
  Runoff in Karst Areas
• National Highway Runoff and Water Quality Data
  Methodology Synthesis
• Guidance Manual for Monitoring Highway Runoff
  Water Quality
• Assessments of Impacts of Bridge Deck Runoff on
  Receiving Waters

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Publications and Reports

• Environmental Impact of Construction and Repair
  Materials on Surface Ground Waters
• Evaluation and Management of Highway Runoff Water
  Quality
• Stormwater Best Management Practices in an
  Ultra-Urban Setting Selection and Monitoring

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Training/Courses

• Design and Implementation of Erosion and Sediment
  Control (NHI 13454)
• Water Quality Management of Highway Runoff (NHI
  142047)

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Where to Get More Information

• FHWA website
• www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/index.htm