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Creating a page to describe credits for infiltration BMPs is part of an on-going contract.  We anticipate having this page in spring, 2015.  For now, information on volume and pollutant removal for infiltration BMPs can be found on the following pages.
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===Overview===
*[[Information on pollutant removal by BMPs]]
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*[http://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/Category:Table_-_pollutant_information Tables on pollutant removal]
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An Infiltration Basin is a large earthen structure designed to capture, store, and infiltrate stormwater water runoff. Infiltration basins rely on naturally permeable soils to fully infiltrate the designed water quality volume. Infiltration basins are typically off-line practices utilizing an emergency spillway or outlet structure to capture the volume of stormwater runoff for which the basin is designed. Volumes that exceed the rate or volume of the infiltration basin are allowed to bypass the BMP.
*[[Requirements, recommendations and information for using infiltration basin/underground infiltration BMPs in the MIDS calculator]]
 

Revision as of 15:35, 13 March 2015

Overview

An Infiltration Basin is a large earthen structure designed to capture, store, and infiltrate stormwater water runoff. Infiltration basins rely on naturally permeable soils to fully infiltrate the designed water quality volume. Infiltration basins are typically off-line practices utilizing an emergency spillway or outlet structure to capture the volume of stormwater runoff for which the basin is designed. Volumes that exceed the rate or volume of the infiltration basin are allowed to bypass the BMP.