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Stormwater infiltration BMPs – selection considerations

Stormwater infiltration BMPs – selection considerations
Stormwater BMP Illustration Cost Maintenance Requirements 3 Pre‐treatment 4 Habitat Quality 5
Infiltration Basin Infiltration basin icon.png Low $0.5‐$1.3 CF Simple‐Intensive Needed Oil/Water Separator, Vegetated Filter, Sediment Basin, Water Quality Inlets Low
Bioinfiltration Basin Bioinfiltration icon.png Low $0.5‐$1.3 CF Simple‐Intensive Needed Oil/Water Separator, Vegetated Filter, Sediment Basin, Water Quality Inlets Medium‐High
Infiltration Trench Synonym: Infiltration Gallery Infiltration trench icon.png Low $1‐$4 CF Medium

Needed

Oil/Water Separator, Vegetated Filter, Sediment

Basin, Water Quality Inlets

None
Dry Well Synonym: Infiltration Tube, French Drain, Soak‐Away Pits, Soak Holes Dry well icon.png Low $1‐$4 CF Medium

Needed

Oil/Water Separator, Vegetated Filter, Water

Quality Inlets

None
Underground Infiltration Underground infiltration icon.png High 14 CF Medium Needed Oil/Water Separator, Water Quality Inlets None
Dry Swale with Check Dams Swale check icon.png Low $.5‐$1.3 CF Simple‐Medium Needed Vegetated Filter, Water Quality Inlets Low‐Medium
Permeable Pavement Permeable pavement icon.png Medium 3‐10 CF Medium No Pretreatment Required None
Tree Trench/Tree Box Tree trench icon.png

High

$1.80 ‐ $12.70 CF based on recommended soil volume

of 1,414 CF per tree

Intensive Needed Oil/Water Separator, Water Quality Inlets Medium
1 Maintenance requirements to be addressed and updated in future section
2 Pretreatment requirements to be revised as per updated section
3 Habitat quality refers to the possible diversity of plantings commonly installed with each BMP