GAO-10-748SP: Aviation and the Environment: Survey of Airport Officials on Airport Environmental Issues, an E-supplement to GAO-10-50

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Q25. Does your airport have any of the following systems to control stormwater runoff?
(Total Population)

  Percent Number
of respondents
a. Vegetative filter strips 41.8 141
b. Detention ponds 68.1 141
c. Storage tanks 20.6 141
d. Catch basins 70.2 141
e. Porous pavement 12.8 141
f. Rain gardens 0.0 141
g. Sand filters 7.8 141
h. Stormwater wetlands 19.1 141
i. Other systems to control stormwater runoff 35.5 141
j. None - Airport does not have any system to control stormwater runoff. 4.3 141
k. No answer 0.0 141


Q25. Does your airport have any of the following systems to control stormwater runoff?
(Large and Medium Hubs)

  Percent Number
of respondents
a. Vegetative filter strips 50.8 63
b. Detention ponds 74.6 63
c. Storage tanks 31.7 63
d. Catch basins 73.0 63
e. Porous pavement 14.3 63
f. Rain gardens 0.0 63
g. Sand filters 4.8 63
h. Stormwater wetlands 15.9 63
i. Other systems to control stormwater runoff 50.8 63
j. None - Airport does not have any system to control stormwater runoff. 1.6 63
k. No answer 0.0 63