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[[File:Bioretention sizing update.png|thumb|500px|The vertical storage zones in a bioretention cell include: ponding, mulch, filter media, choker layer, embedded pipe diameter depth and the storage reservoir.]]

[[File:Bioretention sizing update.png|thumb|550px|The vertical storage zones in a bioretention cell include: ponding, mulch, filter media, choker layer, embedded pipe diameter depth and the internal water storage (IWS) reservoir.]]

This article is specific to [[bioretention]], vegetated systems that infiltrate water to the native soil.

This article is specific to [[bioretention]], vegetated systems that infiltrate water to the native soil.

If you are designing a planted system which does not infiltrate water, see advice on [[Planters: Sizing]].<br>

If you are designing a planted system which does not infiltrate water, see advice on [[Planters: Sizing]].<br>

 

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This spreadsheet tool has been set up to perform all of the bioretention sizing calculations shown below and allows side-by-side comparison of equation outputs for each potential design approach or constraint scenario.<br>

This spreadsheet tool has been set up to perform all of the bioretention sizing calculations shown below and allows side-by-side comparison of equation outputs for each potential design approach or constraint scenario.<br>

{{Clickable button|[[Media:Infiltration Sizing 20200525 locked.xlsx|Download the infiltration practice sizing tool]]}}

{{Clickable button|[[Media:Infiltration Sizing 20220617 locked (1).xlsx|Download the infiltration practice sizing tool]]}}

==Decide if an underdrain will be included==

==Decide if an underdrain will be included==