Design of Treatments and Overview

CIVE1153 Stormwater Management

17 May 2016
Rain Garden Design

How do Bioretention Systems Work?

Overflow

Catchment Extended
Detention Zone
Runoff

Infiltration

Filter

Outlet
Transition

Drainage
Diagram produced by Dr Nicholas Somes – Ecodynamics. Reproduced with permission.
 Detention
Area depth
Site constraints
• Size
• Grades/ Drop-offs
• Services

Filter Hydraulic
Conductivity

FAWB GUIDELINES FOR FILTER MEDIA IN BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS

What we know...

• Treatment Area = 15m2

• Total depth of the Rain Garden
• Extended Detention
• Mulch Layer (optional)
• Filter Media Depth
• Transition Layer Depth
• Drainage Layer Depth
• Catchment contributing to the Rain Garden
• Minor catchment (ie. 5 year ARI)
• Major catchment (ie. 100 year ARI)
What we need to know...

• Layout of the Rain Garden

• Can this Rain Garden connect into the existing drainage system?
• Overflow outlet – will this be a grated pit or a kerb outlet?
Example

• 15m2 Rain Garden located in a kerb extension of a new

roundabout that is being retrofitted into an existing intersection
• Minor flows were to be designed for a 10yr ARI, not a 5yr ARI
• Don’t mind the messy hand writing!
Example
Example
Calculation of Design Flows
Example: Calculation of Design Flows
Design

Determine the maximum infiltration rate

Qmax = k x A x (hmax + d / d)
Where k = hydraulic conductivity
A = Bioretention media area
hmax = extended detention
d = depth of filter
Design
Design

Size your inlet using Manning’s equation to determine your flow

width in the road and the weir equation to determine the width of
your opening (note: Manning’s will determine the depth of your flow
in your kerb, this depth is then applied as the “H” in the weir
formula
Design

Vegetation scour velocity check:

5yr check: Q5 / (Width x Ext Det) If less than 0.5m/s it is OK
100yr check: Q100 / (Width x Ext Det) If less than 1.0m/s it is OK
Design
Design
 Break
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Design
Example

Check your perforations inflow capacity to ensure this is larger than

the maximum infiltration rate
Design

Check the capacity of the perforated pipe to ensure this is greater than
the maximum infiltration rate
Design
Design

Size your high-flow bypass – either a kerb outlet or a grated

overflow pit
Design
Design
Design
Documentation

•Completed calculations summary

•Drawings
•Proof that the treatment meets best practice targets
Drawings
Drawings
Drawings
Drawings
Drawings
Common errors from previous years...

Complete sections of the assignments were missing

MUSIC model must match you design calculations

Don’t simply copy the section from the last slide as this won’t be
applicable to your rain garden
What I expect from your assignments...

Treat me as the approval authority

Write me a short report or letter that discusses your design and

assumptions, but also answers your assignment questions

As an approval authority, I don’t know about your development,

include a brief description of it

You must submit your assignment electronically. In the industry, we

provide our approval authorities with a pdf report or letter, the
MUSIC model and the background bitmap supporting this model

Drawings of your rain garden. Must include a layout and a section as

a minimum
Construction and Maintenance
• Filter Specification
Hold Points
• Construction tolerances
• Timing
• Protection
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