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===Pre-treatment===

===Pre-treatment===

[[File:Illicit-discharge.png|400px|thumb|right|Keeping inlets clear via pre-treatment and maintenance helps take advantage of the full storage capacity of the LID feature (City of Clearwater, 2025)<ref>City of Clearwater. 2025. Help Keep Clearwater's Stormwater Clean. https://www.myclearwater.com/My-Government/0-City-Departments/Public-Works/Help-Keep-Clearwaters-Stormwater-Clean</ref>.]]

[[File:Illicit-discharge.png|300px|thumb|right|Keeping inlets clear via pre-treatment and maintenance helps take advantage of the full storage capacity of the LID feature (City of Clearwater, 2025)<ref>City of Clearwater. 2025. Help Keep Clearwater's Stormwater Clean. https://www.myclearwater.com/My-Government/0-City-Departments/Public-Works/Help-Keep-Clearwaters-Stormwater-Clean</ref>.]]

When designing LID for flood control it is important to consider the need to not only provide extended detention storage but also a means for water to enter the storage reservoir quickly.  Incoming flows should also be pre-treated to avoid clogging of media and drainage pipes.  Such [[pre-treatment]] can be achieved through [[Ogs|OGS]], catchbasin inserts or high flow cobble [[inlets]], among others.  The storage media in the LID facility should have a high void ratio to reduce the potential for [[clogging]] with fine sediment that may bypass the inlet pre-treatment controls.

When designing LID for flood control it is important to consider the need to not only provide extended detention storage but also a means for water to enter the storage reservoir quickly.  Incoming flows should also be pre-treated to avoid clogging of media and drainage pipes.  Such [[pre-treatment]] can be achieved through [[Ogs|OGS]], catchbasin inserts or high flow cobble [[inlets]], among others.  The storage media in the LID facility should have a high void ratio to reduce the potential for [[clogging]] with fine sediment that may bypass the inlet pre-treatment controls.