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.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• 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
• Design guidelines for infiltration basins, infiltration trenches, bioretention areas, and porous pavement/recharge systems
• Design procedures for infiltration basins and trenches
• Pavement section and mix design recommendations for porous pavement
• Cost information for comparison to traditional stormwater systems
• Construction and maintenance requirements for each system
• Discussion of performance studies to evaluate effectiveness of each system

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.