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Single-Family Individual Lot Design Options
Rhode Island Stormwater Design and Installation Standards ManualPublic WorkshopJanuary 13, 2011
Richard Claytor, Jr., P.E.Horsley Witten Group, Inc.508-833-6600
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Which is the Better LID LOT?
B
A
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Which is the Better LID LOT?
B
A
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Which is the Better LID LOT?
Barr Eng, Minn, MN
Roger Bannerman, Madison, WIA
B
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Guidance for Sources for Individual Lot Controls
• Chapter 5;• Design Example #3 in
Appendix D;• The Vermont LID Guide;• CRMC to issue
additional clarification on this issue;
• Pending RI Community LID Site Planning; and Design Guidance.
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Good Drainage ParadigmGood Drainage Paradigm
The Problem: Conventional Site DesignThe Problem: Conventional Site DesignCollectCollectConcentrateConcentrateConveyConveyCentralizedCentralized--ControlControl
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Applicable Practices at the Single-Lot Scale
• Rooftop Runoff:– Drywells– Bioretention/Rain Gardens– Qualified Pervious Areas (QPAs)?– Rain Barrels/Cisterns
• Non-rooftop Runoff:– Bioretention (rain gardens)– Infiltration– Swales– QPAs?
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Qualifying Pervious Area (QPA)
• Natural or landscaped vegetated areas;• Fully stabilized;• CNs based on “good hydrologic conditions”;• Must be shown on site plans;• Must have 4 inches of topsoil and located outside
regulated wetlands and buffer zones; and
• Excessively fertilized lawn areas are not QPAs (low maintenance grasses adapted to NE region.
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Which lot looks like it might qualify for a QPA?
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Dry Well
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Dry WellsDesign and Permitting Considerations
• Good soils (> 0.5”/hr inf rate);• No more than 2 feet of fill (this is an exception
for residential land uses);• 2 foot separation from bottom to seasonal high gw
table (another exception);• Exempt from gw mounding analysis (if <1,000 sf);• No pretreatment required.
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Source: http://www.rdrop.com/users/krishna/rainwatr.htm
Rain Barrels and Cisterns
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Rain Garden
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Depression Depression StorageStorage
Rain Garden Rain Garden
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• Shallow landscaped depression that treats stormwater runoff;
• Designed to merge important goals: aesthetics, groundwater recharge, and water quality;
• Can be blended into the landscape and made to look natural; and
• Water is directed into them by sheet flow, pipes, swales, or curb openings.
What is a Rain Garden?
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Bioretention or a Rain Garden?
• Bioretention involves:– Amended soils;– Complex sizing calculations (e.g. modeling);– Detailed engineering specifications;– Sophisticated conveyance devices (flow
splitters, underdrains, overflow inlets, etc).
• Rain Garden:– Generally doesn’t involve the above- usually
a shallow depression in native soils, or modestly amended soils (but might contain some of the above features)
Beware of what something is called: One person’s Bioretention is another person’s Rain Garden
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The Parts of a Rain Garden
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• It depends on the surface you are collecting the runoff from
• Rooftop
• Driveway
• Road
Rain GardenRain Garden
Rain Garden
Where do Rain Gardens go?
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Hockman Farm, Winchester, Virginia
Length
Surface Area = Length x Width
Width
Drainage Area
Rain Garden Sizing
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Size of the Rain Garden
• The size of the rain garden is a function of volume of runoff to be treated and recharged.
• A rain garden is sized to handle the Water Quality Volume: First inch of runoff from impervious surfaces. – WQv = (1”)(I)/12 where:
• WQv = water quality volume (ac-ft)• I = impervious cover (ac)
• A typical residential rain garden ranges from 100 to 300 square feet.
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How do you determine the size of the rain garden?
Drainage x Water Quality Area (sq ft) Design Storm (ft)
Depth (ft) = Approx size of Rain Garden (sq ft)
Drainage Area: the impervious surface that you’re collecting the stormwater runoff from
Water Quality Volume:1.0 inches of rain(1.0 inch = 0.08 feet)
Depth: depends on the soil texture
CLAY = 3 in = 0.25 ft
SANDY = 8 in = 0.67 ft
Rain Garden Sizing Tablefor the Water Quality Volume
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Permeable pavers are an alternative
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Non-rooftop RunoffDesign and Permitting Considerations
• Good soils (> 0.5”/hr inf. rate);• Default inf. setback distances- 10 ft to structure,
15 ft to OWTS, 25 ft to steep slopes (includes provision to reduce setbacks);
• Same separation to seasonal high gw;• Inf. facility, swale, and bioretention sizing per
Chapter 5.• QPAs applicable for small drainage areas (CRMC
exception – more info from Jim Boyd to follow).
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Single Lot –Steep Slopes• QPA probably not feasible (slope);•Dry wells for rooftop;•Bioretention/rain garden for driveway;•Permeable pavement for driveway.
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Narrow-Deep Lot - Addition• Dry well for rooftop;• QPA for driveway (cross slope);• Limit clearing and grading for
OWTS – aggressive ESC
• Permeable pavement
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Long Driveway• QPAs for long
driveway;• Bio/RG for rooftop
• Maybe QPA for rooftop• Minimize clearing and
grading
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Fairly Steep – Small Disturbance• Dry wells for rooftop;• Bio/RG for rooftop;• Bio/swale for driveway;
• Swale for Snagwood Rd;• Re-grade driveway to
create LP away from road.
LP Here