Category:Level 2 - Technical and specific topic information/soils and media
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Soils affect stormwater and stormwater management in two ways.
- Soil is a source of sediment and associated pollutants (e.g. metals, organic compounds) for stormwater runoff.
- Soil affects the types of stormwater management practices that can be implemented at a site (e.g. potential for infiltration, vegetation)
Soil serves several important functions, including but not limited to the following.
- Provide a media for vegetation
- Retain pollutants
- Promote biologic activity, including degradation of some pollutants
- Control air and water storage and transport
- Capture and retain carbon
- Well managed soils minimize erosion and prevent compaction
This page contains links to pages that provide technical information on soils and media.
Pages in category "Level 2 - Technical and specific topic information/soils and media"
The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
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- Shallow soils and shallow depth to bedrock
- Soil amendments to enhance phosphorus sorption
- Soil biologic properties and processes
- Soil chemical properties and processes
- Soil classification
- Soil erodibility
- Soil health indicator sheet - Soil compaction (bulk density)
- Soil hydrologic properties and processes
- Soil physical properties and processes
- Soil sampling and tests
- Soils with low infiltration capacity
- Spent lime, calcium water treatment residuals and application in stormwater
- Stormwater and soil, engineered (bioretention) media, and media amendments
- Stormwater infiltration and contaminated soils and groundwater
Media in category "Level 2 - Technical and specific topic information/soils and media"
The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total.
Mulch.pdf ; 536 KB
WTR chemical data jan 13 21.xlsx ; 14 KB