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Infiltration practices are applicable to sites with naturally permeable soils and a suitable distance to the seasonally high [[Glossary#G|groundwater]] table, bedrock or other impermeable layer. They may be used in residential and other urban settings where elevated [[Glossary#R|runoff]] volumes, pollutant loads, and runoff temperatures are a concern. In applications where the stormwater runoff has a particularly high pollutant load or where the soils have very high infiltration rates, a significant amount of [[Glossary#P|pre-treatment]] should be provided to protect the groundwater quality. Sources that include potential stormwater [[potential stormwater hotspots|hotspots]] (PSH) should not be introduced to Infiltration areas. | Infiltration practices are applicable to sites with naturally permeable soils and a suitable distance to the seasonally high [[Glossary#G|groundwater]] table, bedrock or other impermeable layer. They may be used in residential and other urban settings where elevated [[Glossary#R|runoff]] volumes, pollutant loads, and runoff temperatures are a concern. In applications where the stormwater runoff has a particularly high pollutant load or where the soils have very high infiltration rates, a significant amount of [[Glossary#P|pre-treatment]] should be provided to protect the groundwater quality. Sources that include potential stormwater [[potential stormwater hotspots|hotspots]] (PSH) should not be introduced to Infiltration areas. | ||
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Revision as of 18:35, 22 September 2014
Stormwater infiltration practices capture and temporarily store stormwater before allowing it to infiltrate into the soil. Design variants include; the infiltration basin, the infiltration trench, the dry well and the underground infiltration system. As the stormwater penetrates the underlying soil, chemical, biological and physical processes remove pollutants and delay peak stormwater flows.
Infiltration practices are applicable to sites with naturally permeable soils and a suitable distance to the seasonally high groundwater table, bedrock or other impermeable layer. They may be used in residential and other urban settings where elevated runoff volumes, pollutant loads, and runoff temperatures are a concern. In applications where the stormwater runoff has a particularly high pollutant load or where the soils have very high infiltration rates, a significant amount of pre-treatment should be provided to protect the groundwater quality. Sources that include potential stormwater hotspots (PSH) should not be introduced to Infiltration areas.
The individual articles comprising this section on infiltration basin may be viewed as a single article. Note: Due to an unresolved bug, when viewing a formula in a combined article, the math markup (used for equations) is displayed. Please ignore the markup. Thanks.
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- Requirements, recommendations and information for using infiltration basin/underground infiltration BMPs in the MIDS calculator