Green Stormwater: Low Impact Design - Managing Stormwater Through Infiltration

In Green Stormwater: Low Impact Design - Managing Stormwater Through Infiltration, you'll learn ...

• General guidelines and testing methods to determine soil infiltration rate
• Typical infiltration rates for different soil types
• Guidelines for site evaluation to determine if infiltration is feasible
• Advantages/disadvantages for infiltration-based stormwater methods

Overview

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Credit: 3 CPD

Length: 41 pages

This course discusses the advantages and suitability of designing stormwater using four low impact development (LID) technologies including infiltration basins, infiltration trenches, bioretention areas, and porous pavement/recharge beds. Extensive discussion of site constraints, including soil infiltration capacity, are examined for use in determining if infiltration systems are feasible for a site. Design guidelines, cost information, construction issues, maintenance requirements, and performance studies are presented for each type of system to enable the engineer to evaluate the suitability for these systems for a project.

This course is relevant for consulting and municipal engineers involved in the planning, design, and/or review of projects where stormwater infiltration practices can be considered.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Measure or estimate soil infiltration rates using accepted field-testing concepts and typical soil behavior.
• Screen a site for the feasibility of infiltration-based stormwater management using soil and site constraints.
• Design conceptual infiltration basins, trenches, bioretention areas, or porous pavement systems using the course procedures.
• Compare the expected performance, construction, maintenance, and cost considerations of infiltration systems with conventional stormwater approaches.

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. CPD credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.