These guidelines are intended to help municipalities, local authorities, consulting engineers, and developers in the planning and design of stormwater management systems in Alberta. They outline the objectives of stormwater management and the available methodologies and concepts for the planning, design, and operation of stormwater drainage systems. In addition to the water quantity aspects of stormwater management, the publication also describes some of the techniques that can be applied for quality management of stormwater.
ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT (1999): Stormwater Management Guidelines for the Province of Alberta. Edmonton: Alberta Environmental Protection URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]Library
This is one of a series of fact sheets on potential income generating activities.
WHIRISKEY, J. and MC CARTHY, P. (2006): Small-Scale Hydroelectricity. Galway: Teagasc, Mellows Development Centre URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]With the move to a risk based approach to dam safety there has been a concomitant focus on estimating the probability of failure of dams. The majority of risk guidelines relate to the total probability of failure and therefore the individual probabilities estimated for different components and loading conditions need to be combined.
HILL, P. ; BOWLES, D. ; JORDAN, P. ; JORDAN, P. (2003): Estimating overall Risk of Dam Failure: Practical Considerations in Combining Failure Probabilities. In: ANCOLD Bulletin : Volume 127 , 63-72. URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]Volume IV of the Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater recognizes the reuse potential of wastewater and excreta (including urine) in agriculture and describes the present state of knowledge as regards potential health risks associated with the reuse as well as measures to manage these health risks following a multi-barrier approach.
WHO (2006): Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater excreta and greywater. Volume IV. Excreta and Greywater Use in Agriculture. Geneva: World Health Organisation (WHO) URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019] PDFA case study about “green infrastructure” to allow storm water soaking into the ground.
U.S. EPA (2008): Case Studies for Stormwater Management on Compacted, Contaminated Soils in Dense Urban Areas. Washington, DC: United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]Greywater towers were selected as one of the methods that can be adopted to treat and safely reuse greywater for Arba Minch town and eight such units were constructed. Awareness about the unit has been raised in the community of Arba Minch and promising demand has been created.
SHEWA, W.A. GELETA, B.G. (2009): Greywater Tower, Arba Minch, Ethiopia. Draft. (= SuSanA - Case Studies ). Eschborn: Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]One of the most exciting new trends in water quality management today is the movement by many cities, counties, states, and private-sector developers toward the increased use of Low Impact Development (LID) to help protect and restore water quality. LID comprises a set of approaches and practices that are designed to reduce runoff of water and pollutants from the site at which they are generated. By means of infiltration, evapotranspiration, and reuse of rainwater, LID techniques manage water and water pollutants at the source and thereby prevent or reduce the impact of development on rivers, streams, lakes, coastal waters, and ground water.
U.S. EPA (2007): Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies and Practices. Washington, DC: United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]In this document, the Need project describes the large-scale hydropower plants and summarizes technical aspects as well as some economic and environmental aspects.
THE NEED PROJECT (2011): Hydropower Fact Sheet. Manassas, Virginia: The Need Project URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]This manual, Guidelines for Human Settlement Planning and Design, provides a guiding vision for South African settlement formation, addressing the qualities that should be sought after in our human settlements, and providing guidance on how these can be achieved. The publication has been developed over a period of more than two years through a participative process in which stakeholders and experts from various disciplines were involved.
CSIR (2000): Guidelines for Human Settlement Planning and Design. Pretoria: CSIR Building and Construction Technology, Vol II, Chapter 6, pp.1-39 URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]This report presents the results of a study aiming to construct a model for the transfer and adaptation of watermills from Britain to Australia in the nineteenth century. It provides a model and a number of factors to consider when a country decides to import a technology from another country.
PEARSON, W. (1996): Water Power in Dry Continent: The Transfer of Watermill Technology from Britain to Australia in the Nineteenth Century. In: Australasian Historical Archaeology: Volume 14 , 46-62. URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]This report describes the development of local capacities in planning, design, implementation and operation of Small-scale hydropower systems at local and sub-regional scale in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
KASSANA, L. MASHAURI, D. CHAMBEGA, D.G. MKILAHA, I.S.N. MHILU, C.F. NGELEJA, J. NGELEJA, J. MAKHANU, S. CASIMIR, M. KIZZA, M. MUNIIMA, K. MTALO, F. PETRY, B. (2005): Small Scale Hydropower for Rural Development. Cairo, Egypt: Nile Basin Capacity Building Network (NBCBN) URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]This presentation gives information on micro hydro projects, which includes definitions, power calculations and some technical aspects to civil works.
EERE (2011): Types of Hydro Power Facilities. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]This publication is a manual about constructed wetlands used for stormwater management.
METROCOUNCIL (n.y): Constructed Wetlands: Stormwater Wetlands. Saint Paul: Metropolitan Council URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]This guide provides a concise technical guide to build a micro hydro system, with sufficient technological knowledge. Aspects such as capacity, equipment and permissions are discussed in this document. This report provides a special section on water wheels.
HILL, P. (2009): How to Develop a Micro Hydro Scheme. West Yorks, U.K.: Alternative Technology Centre URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]