Bioretention: Performance

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Performance of bioretention with internal water storage[1]
Location Biomedia composition Media depth (cm) Internal water storage depth (cm) I/P* Runoff volume reduction (%) TSS reduction(%) TN reduction (%) TP reduction (%)
Montréal[2] 88% sand, 8% fines, 4% OM 180 150 47 97 99 99 99
Virginia[3] 88% sand, 8% fines, 4% OM 180 150 47 97 99 99 99
North Carolina[4] 96% sand, 4% fines 110 88 12 89 58 58 -10
58 93
96 72 13 98
42 100
North Carolina[5] loamy sand, 3% OM 120 60 20 >99 - - -
North Carolina[6] 98% sand, 2% fines 90 30 12 90 - - -
90 60 12 98 - - -
North Carolina[7] 15% sand, 80% fines, 5% OM 60 45 68 - - 54 63
90 75 68 - - 54 58
 *Impervious/Pervious ratio, i.e. the area of catchment divided by surface area of the cell

References[edit]

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For review http://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29EE.1943-7870.0000876 (pollutants) http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784413883.003 (maturation)