Abstract
Residential and commercial land uses typically account for the majority of the mass of pollutants discharged in runoff from an entire urban region, routine or accidental discharges from a few industrial facilities can discharge pollutants such as petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and toxic organic materials in quantities far beyond the proportion of industrial land use. The intent of the pollution prevention approach is to control pollutants so well that stormwater need not be treated in a hydraulic detention facility or a pollutant removal device. Among other things Duke presents the pollution prevention measures for automotive-related industrial activities developed by the Santa Clara Valley Nonpoint Source Program make up part of the Santa Clara Valley program's pollution prevention outreach efforts for private industry.
