有效控制城市径流需要减少雨水的的流速和流量，并减少污染物的排放。应该利用各种雨水排放管理措施和系统来减少城市径流的影响。在美国，一些所谓的最佳管理做法（英语：Best management practice for water pollution）（BMPs）注重于对水量的控制，一些注重于改善水质，另一些措施則具备两种功能。[7]
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^G. Allen Burton, Jr., Robert Pitt. Stormwater Effects Handbook: A Toolbox for Watershed Managers, Scientists, and Engineers. New York: CRC/Lewis Publishers. 2001. ISBN 0-87371-924-7. Chapter 2.
^U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Washington, DC. "Protecting Water Quality from Urban Runoff." Document No. EPA 841-F-03-003. February 2003.
^United States. National Research Council. Washington, DC. "Urban Stormwater Management in the United States." October 15, 2008. pp. 18-20.
^United States Geological Survey. Atlanta, GA. "The effects of urbanization on water quality: Urban runoff."
^EPA. "Preliminary Data Summary of Urban Storm Water Best Management Practices." Chapter 5. August 1999. Document No. EPA-821-R-99-012.
^EPA. "Fact Sheet: Low Impact Development and Other Green Design Strategies." 互联网档案馆的存檔，存档日期2013-12-07. October 9, 2008.
^California Stormwater Quality Association. Menlo Park, CA. "Stormwater Best Management Practice (BMP) Handbooks." 2003.
^New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Trenton, NJ. "New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual." April 2004.
扩展阅读
Harry C. Torno, Jiri Marsalek, Michel Desbordes (编). Urban Runoff Pollution. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 1986. ISBN 3-540-16090-6.[永久失效連結]
Landers, Jay (2006). "Selecting Stormwater BMPs." Stormwater: May-June 2006.
