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Trees: the oldest new thing in stormwater treatment?
| Author: |
Keating, Janis |
| Date: |
2002 |
| Periodical: |
Stormwater |
| Link: |
http://www.forester.net/sw_0203_trees.html
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| Abstract: |
Before humans changed the landscape, nature had its own way of dealing with stormwater; it soaked into the soil, nurturing the plant life. Stormwater overflows would create floodplains and wetlands. This process still works well, where it's allowed; however, add homes, businesses, and traffic grids to a landscape, with the resultant impervious surfaces, and "natural" drainage quickly becomes a problem. As stormwater managers seek to re-create or maintain predevelopment hydrology and to treat runoff–often employing created infiltration systems, vegetated swales, riparian buffers, and the like–many are taking a close, new look at the role of trees in stormwater diversion and treatment. |
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