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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.]] |
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| 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]]}} |
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| ==Decide if an underdrain will be included== | | ==Decide if an underdrain will be included== |
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| Note that this is a minor adaptation (metric units and formatting) from the original tool, written and [https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5102/ hosted by the USGS]. | | Note that this is a minor adaptation (metric units and formatting) from the original tool, written and [https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5102/ hosted by the USGS]. |
| </poem> | | </poem> |
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| + | ==References== |