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==Infiltration Overview==
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Stormwater [[Glossary#I|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.
<p>''Natural or constructed depressions located in permeable soils that capture, store and infiltrate the volume of stormwater runoff associated with a particular design event.''</p>
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<p>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 should not be introduced to Infiltration systems. Sources that include potential stormwater [[potential stormwater hotspots|hotsposts]] (PSH) should not be introduced to Infiltration areas.</p>
  
 
[[file:Infiltration trench Lino Lakes.jpg|thumb|200px|alt=Photo of a Infiltration trench in Lino Lakes|Photo of a Infiltration trench in Lino Lakes]]
 
[[file:Infiltration trench Lino Lakes.jpg|thumb|200px|alt=Photo of a Infiltration trench in Lino Lakes|Photo of a Infiltration trench in Lino Lakes]]

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The anticipated construction period for this page is January through March, 2013

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 should not be introduced to Infiltration systems. Sources that include potential stormwater hotsposts (PSH) should not be introduced to Infiltration areas.

Photo of a Infiltration trench in Lino Lakes
Photo of a Infiltration trench in Lino Lakes


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