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Design and operation and maintenance program assumptions used to generate cost estimates are based on tool default values and the following STEP recommendations:
 
Design and operation and maintenance program assumptions used to generate cost estimates are based on tool default values and the following STEP recommendations:
* Native soil infiltration rates for Full, Partial and No Infiltration Design scenarios were assumed to be 20 mm/h, 10 mm/h and 2 mm/h, respectively, and a safety factor of 2.5 was applied to calculate the design infiltration rate.  
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* Filter strip length of 5 metres.
* Operation and maintenance (O&M) cost estimates assume annual inspections, removal of trash and debris twice a year, removal of sediment from pretreatment structures annually, and removal of weeds twice a year (where applicable). Verification inspections are included every 5 years to confirm adequate maintenance, and every 15 years to confirm adequate drainage performance through in-situ surface infiltration rate testing (where applicable)
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* Maximum acceptable impervious drainage area to pervious footprint area ratio of 4:1.
* Maximum contributing flow path length across adjacent impervious surfaces should not exceed 25 metres. 
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* Swale (0.3 m depth) and ditch inlet catch basin connected to storm sewer as outlet.
* Impervious surfaces draining to a filter strip should not have slopes greater than 3%.
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* Operation and maintenance (O&M) cost estimates assume annual inspections, removal of trash and debris twice a year, removal of sediment from outlet catch basin annually, mowing five times a year, removal of weeds twice a year, and core aeration of filter strip surface every 5 years. Verification inspections are included every 5 years to confirm adequate maintenance.
* The flow path length across the vegetated filter strip should exceed the maximum flow path length across the impervious surface draining to it.
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* Have a flow path length of at least 5 metres.
      
===Notes===
 
===Notes===
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* Design includes [[pretreatment]] through stone diaphragms at [[Curb cuts|curb inlets]].
 
* The tool calculates costs for new (greenfield) development contexts and includes costs for contractor overhead and profit, material, delivery, labour, equipment (rental, operating and operator costs), hauling and disposal.  
 
* The tool calculates costs for new (greenfield) development contexts and includes costs for contractor overhead and profit, material, delivery, labour, equipment (rental, operating and operator costs), hauling and disposal.  
 
** Land value and equipment mobilization and demobilization costs are not included, assuming BMP construction is part of overall development site construction.
 
** Land value and equipment mobilization and demobilization costs are not included, assuming BMP construction is part of overall development site construction.

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