Minnesota Stormwater Manual test page 5

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Stormwater and soil, bioretention and engineered media, and media amendments

Engineered media in a bioretention practice. Image from MPCA's Flickr website.

Compost results from the controlled biological decomposition of organic materials. Image from MPCA's Flickr website.

• Media
  • Overview of bioretention and engineered media
  • Bioretention and engineered media materials specifications
  • Stormwater bioretention and engineered media mixes
  • Engineered media applications for stormwater BMPs
  • Phosphorus leaching, export, and retention in bioretention and engineered media
  • Review and summary of literature pertaining to bioretention and engineered media
• Amendments
  • Compost and stormwater management
  • Soil amendments to enhance phosphorus sorption
• Soil
  • Understanding and interpreting soils and soil boring reports for infiltration BMPs
  • Determining soil infiltration rates
  • Design guidelines for soil characteristics - tree trenches and tree boxes
  • Soil properties
• Vegetation
  • Minnesota plant lists
  • Plants for swales
  • Plant lists for trees
• Links
• Interesting websites