Infiltration media and material specifications
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Component Infiltration basin Bioinfiltration basin Infiltration trench Underground infiltration Dry well Dry swale with check dams Permeable pavement Tree trench/box/planter
Observation well
  • Vertical 4- to 6-inch Schedule 40 PVC perforated pipe according to MNDOT Manual Section 3248 with a lockable cap and anchor plate within gravel portion of bed.
  • Install one per 50 ft. of length of infiltration practice.
  • Bottom of the cap shall rest on the bottom of the infiltration practice.
  • Vertical 4- to 6-inch Schedule 40 PVC perforated pipe according to MNDOT Manual Section 3248 with a lockable cap and anchor plate within gravel portion of bed.
  • Install one per 50 ft. of length of infiltration practice.
  • Install at downstream end of all permeable pavement systems >10,000 sf CDA.
  • Vertical 4- to 6-inch Schedule 40 PVC perforated pipe according to MNDOT Manual Section 3248 with a lockable cap and anchor plate within gravel portion of bed.
  • Install one per 50 ft. of length of infiltration practice.
  • Bottom of the cap shall rest on the tree trench bottom.