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Processes utilized by Best Management Practices - Swales and Strips

Processes utilized by Best Management Practices - Swales and Strips. Sources: WEF, 2012; Strecker, 2005.
    Dry swale Filter strip / grass buffer Grass channel Level spreader Wet swale
  Pretreatment   X   X  
HYDRAULIC PROCESSES Attenuation X   X   X
Infiltration / Runoff reduction          
Evaporation         X
Transpiration         X
PHYSICAL PROCESSES Screening   X      
Sedimentation X   X   X
Filtration X X X   X
Flotation / Skimming         X
Laminar Separation          
Swirl concentration          
BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES Plant metabolism         X
Pathogen die-off X X X   X
Nitrification / denitrification          
CHEMICAL PROCESSES Precipitation          
Coagulation          
Sorption/Ion Exchange         X
OTHER Thermal / temperature X X X   X