NTL Record

Title National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis: Volume II--Project Documentation
Record ID 25139
Personal Name
Creator
Granato, Gregory E.; Dionne, Shannon G.; Tana, Cameron K.; King, Tara L.
Corporate Creator Geological Survey (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 20030700
Language English
Abstract Knowledge of the characteristics of highway runoff (concentrations and loads of constituents and the physical and chemical processes that produce this runoff) is important for decision makers, planners, and highway engineers to assess and mitigate possible adverse impacts of highway runoff on the Nation's receiving waters. The Federal Highway Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey began the National Highway Runoff Data and Methodology Synthesis to provide a catalog of the pertinent information available; to define the necessary documentation to determine if data are valid (useful for intended purposes), current, and technically supportable; and to evaluate available sources in terms of current and foreseeable information needs. This report describes the NDAMS report-review process, summarizes results of this metadata review process, and provides an interpretation of these results. The evaluation of available literature includes reviews of 252 reports, including 34 literature review or summary reports and 218 detailed reports. Evaluation of many individual documentation elements indicates that the available literature does not properly document research to a degree that would establish that existing data are valid, comparable, or technically defensible for regional or national synthesis. Furthermore, when individual metadata requirements are combined, the proportion of available reports that meet these multiple criteria quickly decreases to the point where regional or national synthesis is not possible. This paper is one volume in a three volume series. The titles of these volumes are: FHWA-EP-03-054 Volume I--Technical Issues for Monitoring Highway Runoff and Urban Stormwater FHWA-EP-03-055 Volume II--Project Documentation FHWA-EP-03-056 Volume III--Availability and documentation of published information for synthesis of regional or national highway-runoff quality data
Rosap ID dot:38620
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38620
TRT Terms Water quality; Runoff; Data quality; Metadata; Database management systems; Bibliographies; Databases; Catalogs; CD-ROM
General Subjects Highway runoff; Urban runoff; Nonpoint source pollution; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
977123
Contract Number DTFH61-96-Y-30145
Report Number FHWA-EP-03-055
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/25000/25100/25139/EP03-055.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository