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Urban stormwater infiltration: Purposes implementation, and results
| Author: |
Ferguson, Bruce K. |
| Date: |
1990 |
| Periodical: |
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation |
| Abstract: |
One promising approach to solving the stormwater problem is to use on-site soil as a mediator of stormwater flows and quality. Although stormwater infiltration has been practiced in some urban areas in the United States for more than half a century, research in the last five years has vastly clarified the hydrologic processes that it initiates and the demands it places upon technical and aesthetic implementation. In addition to the flooding addressed by detention systems infiltration can help support groundwater recharge, stream base flows, and water quality. |
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