Changes

===Drainage time (3D)<ref>Woods Ballard, B., S. Wilson, H. Udale-Clarke, S. Illman, T. Scott, R. Ahsley, and R. Kellagher. 2016. The SuDS Manual. 5th ed. CIRIA, London.</ref>===

===Drainage time (3D)<ref>Woods Ballard, B., S. Wilson, H. Udale-Clarke, S. Illman, T. Scott, R. Ahsley, and R. Kellagher. 2016. The SuDS Manual. 5th ed. CIRIA, London.</ref>===

[[file:Hydraulic radius.png|thumb|Two practice areas of 9 m².<br> P = 12 m (left), P = 20 m (right)]]

[[file:Hydraulic radius.png|thumb|Two practice areas of 9 m².<br> P = 12 m (left), P = 20 m (right)]]

In some situations, it may be possible to reduce the size of the bioretention required, by accounting for rapid drainage. Typically, this is only worth exploring over sandy soils with rapid infiltration.  

In some situations, it may be desirable to reduce the size of the bioretention required, by accounting for rapid drainage.  

Note that narrow, linear bioretention features drain faster than round or blocky footprint geometries.  

Typically, this is only worth exploring over sandy soils with rapid infiltration.  

 

Note that narrow, linear bioretention features (bioswales) drain faster than round or blocky footprint geometries.  

 

*Begin the drainage time calculation by dividing the area of the practice (''A_p'') by the perimeter (''P'').

*Begin the drainage time calculation by dividing the area of the practice (''A_p'') by the perimeter (''P'').

*To estimate the time (''t'') to fully drain the facility:  

*To estimate the time (''t'') to fully drain the facility: