19. Rainwater Harvesting Clyde Hill Residence Baylis Architects March-Macdonald Contractor System Overview 10,000 gallon tank Buried below ground Non-potable use (irrigation only) Collects from roof and patio area
20. How much water can we store? Historical weather data Roof area and type Supply Estimate How much water do we need? Historical ET data Landscape area and type Irrigation Demand
21. Estimate available supply over time Using actual tank size storage Shows deficit or overflow amounts Storage Modeling
28. Rainwater Harvesting System Overview 3,000 gallon tank vertical above ground Non-potable use (irrigation only) Dual use system – also used for detention requirements Zero Energy House
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32. What is Bioretention? Bioretention is an integrated stormwater practice that uses chemical, biological, and physical properties of plants, microbes, and soils to remove, or retain, pollutants from stormwater. Bioretention
33. Types of Bioretention Bioretention Cells (Rain Gardens): Shallow Depression with a designed soil mix and a variety of plant material. Not a conveyance system. Bioretention
34. Types of Bioretention Bioretention Swales: Incorporate the same features as bioretention cells but are designed as part of the conveyance system. Bioretention
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38. Bioretention Bioretention Site Study How does this work in a real scenario? Using current regulations (DOE 2005 Manual) Residential development at a density of 8 units per acre Assumed 68% of site is impervious
The natural hydrologic cycle is nature’s way of recycling water. Before development much of the water evaporates in the atmosphere or is collected and transpired by vegetation. Most of the rest is conveyed to downstream streams through interflow or groundwater flow. A very small amount is left to flow along the surface. Enter the human activities that disturb land (aka land development). One of the Civil Engineer’s primary objectives is to slow down and clean up the increased surface flow of storm water since the natural hydrologic cycle is interrupted. Sustainable development is fairly new to us (or the specific tools)…and are intended to get us closer to the natural hydrologic cycle than with conventional tools alone do. One such sustainable development tool is bioretention.
System overview
System overview
System overview
FAST – Using vegetation and soil to slow down and clean up storm water
Water Quality Performance: King County Basin Treatment - remove 80% TSS Enhance Treatment - Basic + 50% Zinc Removal DOE Treatment Basin Treatment - remove 80% TSS Enhanced Treatment - additional treatment of metals particularly Zinc and Copper
USE VILLAGES SLIDES
USE VILLAGES SLIDES
The design is a balancing act between stormwater management via bioretention and space for parking, etc
USE VILLAGES SLIDES
Site Preparation – limit the grading to within 6” of final grade (Cahill, 2003), complete in stages later. Also ensure excessive compaction does not occur prior to installation Soil subgrade – recommended minimum subgrade soil infiltration rate is 0.1 in/hr. Infiltration rates less than 0.1 in/hr require additional mitigation via perforated underdrains, etc. NOTE – 0.1 in/hr is acceptable as a minimum only if additional surface runoff is NOT directed to pervious section (mitigation is necessary otherwise). 0.1 in/hr = Hydrologic Soil Type C (0.05 – 0.15 in/hr typical) Alderwood soil = C type soil Defined as having moderately fine to fine texture Sandy Clay Loam Pavement section – recommended design is per LID technical guidance manual. NOTE: Aggregate Base is also referred to as the “Reservoir Course”
Soil subgrade – recommended minimum subgrade soil infiltration rate is 0.1 in/hr. Infiltration rates less than 0.1 in/hr require additional mitigation via perforated underdrains, etc. NOTE – 0.1 in/hr is acceptable as a minimum only if additional surface runoff is NOT directed to pervious section (mitigation is necessary otherwise). 0.1 in/hr = Hydrologic Soil Type C (0.05 – 0.15 in/hr typical) Alderwood soil = C type soil Defined as having moderately fine to fine texture Sandy Clay Loam “ The principal SCS soil group within King county classified as a till soil is the Alderwood series, which is the most common soil type throughout the western part of the county…Most alluvial soils are classified by the SCS in hydrologic soil groups C and D.” – 2009 KCSWDM, Section 3.2, p 3-24 “ The principal SCS soil group classified as an outwash soil is the Everett series.” – 2009 KCSWDM, Section 3.2, p 3-24 SCS Everett = HSG B (TR-55, USDA 1986) NOTE – approximately 70% of the native soils in the puget sound region are HSG A, B or C
A good section view of two of the permeable pavement types. Wearing Course (4” – 8”)* Choker Course (optional, ~4”) - single size crushed granules with the purpose of stabilizing the open-graded wearing surface for paving Aggregate Base (6” min) - is also referred to as the “Reservoir Course” – it is designed, through uniformly graded aggregate, to have a void space of 40%. Due to its functionality to store water to allow time for infiltration to occur, this layer must be at least 6” deep and can reach typical depths of 18”, and maximum depths of 36” (hence the additional cost as compared strictly to conventional pavement sections) Separation Layer - filter layer, typically geotextile but can be amended soil (min depth = 18”) – purpose is to keep soil out of the base material. NOTE: geotextile should pass water at a greater rate than the subgrade soils Source = 2005 LID Technical Guidance Manual for Puget Sound
A construction detail for providing a catch basin to catch and convey the ‘overflow’ or ‘failure’ event
City of Kirkland example, ~2.5 acre site, cottage-style housing, clustered site plan
Meandering gravel sidewalk along north side of internal site road (in lieu of standard curb/gutter/sidewalk). Pervious pavement pathway through native vegetation at east end of commons area. Grasscrete parking pads near east detached garage buildings.
Picture of bioretention swales between homes
Unique siting of detention vault = under commons building = limited site disturbance/development footprint
Detention facility cost savings = 42% Actual project savings ~ $35% when considering additional coordination with City of Kirkland staff, materials costs (pervious pavement)