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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
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| As their name suggests infiltration trenches work primarily to infiltrate and convey stormwater. They are an underground facility and are excellently suited to connecting other components in the treatment train. | | As their name suggests infiltration trenches work primarily to infiltrate and convey stormwater. They are an underground facility and are excellently suited to connecting other components in the treatment train. |
| {{textbox|1=Infiltration trenches are an ideal technology for: | | {{textbox|1=Infiltration trenches are an ideal technology for: |
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| ==Design== | | ==Design== |
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| ===Sizing=== | | ===Sizing=== |
| '''[[Infiltration: Sizing and modeling]]''' | | '''[[Infiltration: Sizing and modeling]]''' |
− | | + | *Virginia up to 10' (3 m) deep. <ref>Viriginia Department of Transport. (2010). VDOT BMP Design Manual of Practice. Retrieved March 15, 2018, from http://www.virginiadot.org/business/resources/LocDes/BMP_Design-Manual/Chapter_8_Infiltration_Trench.pdf</ref> |
− | Virginia up to 10' (3 m) deep. <ref>Viriginia Deprtmant of Transport. (2010). VDOT BMP Design Manual of Practice. Retrieved March 15, 2018, from http://www.virginiadot.org/business/resources/LocDes/BMP_Design-Manual/Chapter_8_Infiltration_Trench.pdf</ref> | + | *Minnesota up to 12' (3.6 m) deep. <ref>Design criteria for Infiltration trench. (2016, September 21). Minnesota Stormwater Manual, . Retrieved 13:25, April 4, 2018 from https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Design_criteria_for_Infiltration_trench&oldid=28702.</ref> |
− | Minnesota up to 12' (3.6 m) deep. <ref>Design criteria for Infiltration trench. (2016, September 21). Minnesota Stormwater Manual, . Retrieved 13:25, April 4, 2018 from https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Design_criteria_for_Infiltration_trench&oldid=28702.</ref> | + | *"...not normally be deeper than 3 to 4 m in order to maximise the length of the flow path to the water table through the unsaturated zone." <ref>Design of soakaways (2015) www.tiipublications.ie/library/DN-DNG-03072-01.pdf</ref> |
| + | *There is a cost implication with digging deeper practices, trench boxes may be required to retain the side walls during construction. |
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| ==Materials== | | ==Materials== |
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| ==Construction== | | ==Construction== |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
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