A Review of Source Control of Urban Stormwater Runoff1

Stormwater management, based upon techniques located at or close to where rain falls, is reviewed and two categories (at the ground surface and below‐ground) are illustrated. The management of stormwater by these source control techniques requires both quantity and quality design criteria to be employed, and for maintenance provision to be clearly in‐built. Source control techniques have been studied in projects since the 1980s, and it is suggested that the present emphasis upon sustainable development should encourage their incorporation within environmental/catchment management strategies to assist in addressing a number of identified problems from the uncontrolled discharges of stormwater.