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Performance Enhancing Devices for Stormwater Best Management Practices

Performance Enhancing Devices for Stormwater Best Management Practices

New technical report on the nutrient removal potential of performance enhancing devices for stormwater BMPs.

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Bioretention Inspection App

Bioretention Inspection App

This smartphone or tablet based app follows the approach of our Bioretention Illustrated technical guide and walks the user step by step through the visual inspection process for a bioretention practice.

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Technical Bulletin No 10: Bioretention Illustrated!

Technical Bulletin No 10: Bioretention Illustrated!

A Visual Guide for Constructing, Inspecting, Maintaining and Verifying the Bioretention Practice

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Design Specification No 14: Wet Pond

Design Specification No 14: Wet Pond

Wet ponds consist of a permanent pool of standing water that promotes a better environment for gravitational settling, biological uptake and microbial activity.

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Design Specification No 10: Dry Swales

Design Specification No 10: Dry Swales

Dry swales are essentially bioretention cells that are shallower, configured as linear channels, and covered with turf or other surface material (other than mulch and ornamental plants).

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Design Specification No 9: Bioretention

Design Specification No 9: Bioretention

Bioretention creates a good environment for runoff reduction, filtration, biological uptake, and microbial activity, and provides high pollutant removal; bioretention can become an attractive landscaping feature with high amenity value and community acceptance.

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Technical Bulletin No 2: Stormwater Design in the Coastal Plain

Technical Bulletin No 2: Stormwater Design in the Coastal Plain

Most stormwater practices were originally developed in the Piedmont physiographic region and have not been adapted for much different conditions in the coastal plain.

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Bioretention Design, Installation and Maintenance

Archived webcast describing various bioretention practices, design, installation and maintenance techniques.

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Bioretention Design Specification

Bioretention Design Specification

The actual installation of bioretention areas is much more complex than many bioretention advocates admit.

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