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Processes utilized by Best Management Practices - Constructed Basins

 

Processes utilized by Best Management Practices - Constructed Basins. Sources: WEF, 2012; Strecker, 2005.
    Pond forebay Wet detention pond Stormwater wetland Dry pond
  Pretreatment X      
HYDRAULIC PROCESSES Attenuation   X X X
Infiltration / Runoff reduction        
Evaporation        
Transpiration        
PHYSICAL PROCESSES Screening        
Sedimentation X X X X
Filtration        
Flotation / Skimming   X X  
Laminar Separation        
Swirl concentration        
BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES Plant metabolism     X  
Pathogen die-off   X X  
Nitrification / denitrification   X X  
CHEMICAL PROCESSES Precipitation   X X  
Coagulation   X X  
Sorption/Ion Exchange     X  
OTHER Thermal / temperature        

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