The Question

Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:59:39 +0000
From: Patricia Aitken <p.aitken@friendsofthebay.org>
Subject: [volmonitor] Parking Lots Impact on Water Quality

Does anyone have information on the impact a parking lot may make on water quality - amount of runoff, chemical contamation, etc?

Responses

Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:11:43 -0600
From: Mary.Karius@co.hennepin.mn.us
Subject: Re: [volmonitor] Parking Lots Impact on Water Quality

Hello

There is a training/certification program here in Minnesota that targets salt application. The website is for more information is:

http://www.pca.state.mn.us/programs/roadsalt.html

Good Luck!

Mary Karius
Hennepin County Environmental Services
417 N. 5th Street, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-596-9129
mary.karius@co.hennepin.mn.us

Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:02:13 -0800
From: Tommy Liddell <Tommy.Liddell@ventura.org>

Patricia,

Although only related to PAHs in parking lot runoff, I have found this site to be quite useful.

http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/asphalt_sealers.html

Tommy

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Tommy Liddell
Water Quality Analyst
Ventura County Watershed Protection District
Water & Environmental Resources Division
800 S. Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009-1610
(805) 662-6758
(805) 654-2108 fax
www.vcstormwater.org

Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:09:55 -0800
From: Erick Burres <eburres@waterboards.ca.gov>

You may find information at any of the Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) programs, here is the link for California http://www.coastal.ca.gov/nps/npsndx.html. Additional finding are within Low Impact Development (LID) projects. Look also for "sweeping" as it relates to land uses.

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