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

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

Compost is an important component of most engineered media mixes. It is also commonly used as an amendment to improve soil properties, such as infiltration rate, fertility, and structure. Image from MPCA's Flickr website.

Soil and engineered media, often referred to as bioretention media, are fundamental design characteristics of most post-construction stormwater practices. In some applications, soil or media amendments are utilized to improve soil conditions or enhance treatment effectiveness of a BMP.

This page provides links to pages that address topics related to soil, engineered media, and soil/media amendments.

• Media
  • Overview of engineered (bioretention) media
  • Engineered (bioretention) media materials specifications
  • Stormwater bioretention and engineered media mixes
  • Engineered media applications for stormwater BMPs
  • Phosphorus leaching, export, and retention in engineered (bioretention) stormwater media
  • Review and summary of literature pertaining to engineered (bioretention) media
• Amendments
  • Compost and stormwater management
  • Stormwater media amendments materials specifications
  • 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
  • Guidance for amending soils with rapid or high infiltration rates
  • Soil properties
• Vegetation
  • Minnesota plant lists
  • Plants for swales
  • Plant lists for trees
• Links
• Photo gallery for Stormwater and soil, engineered (bioretention) media, and media amendments
• Interesting websites