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• Meet the Hosts

• Key Takeaways
• Comparing Bioretention
• Case Study #1
• Case Study #2
• Q&A – Please type your questions into
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Webinar Overview & Key Takeaways

Key Takeaways:

• See the difference between traditional bioretention systems and traffic rated BMPs
• Learn how to employ traffic rated BMPs to:
• Maximize urban land development
• Utilize them for site design flexibility
• Meet local treatment regulations
• Learn how traffic rated BMPs can help ease installation and maintenance work
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Webinar Overview
What are considered traffic rated BMPs?

• Permanent systems designed for your everyday stormwater treatment.

• Structural systems designed for H20 or greater loading.
• Appropriate alternatives to traditional bioretention systems.
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Traditional Bioretention Systems

Common Bioretention Systems:

• Planter Boxes

• Bioswales

• Rain Gardens
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Comparing Traditional Bioretention Systems

Above Ground Bioretention: Traffic Rated BMPs
• Decreases developable land usage • Maximizes urban land development
• Reduces public safety • Safe and secure
• Elevation drop off from surface ponding • Designed for H20 traffic
• 2:1 sloping ratio loading, results in smooth
• Erosion continuous surface
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Above Ground Bioretention Systems

Performance decreases over time

• Surface debris reduces infiltration rate
• Accidental foot traffic compacts soil
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Above Ground Bioretention Systems

Covered
outlet pipe

Performance decreases over time

• Vegetation growth can decrease infiltration rate
• Flooded swale during dry conditions
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Above Ground Bioretention Systems

Performance decreases over time

• Improper maintenance
• No runoff into swale
• Flooded parking lot
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Name: Pedestrian Walkway Expansion at M&T Bank

Case Study 1: Stadium
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Challenges:
• ESD redevelopment requirements
• Maximize parking and walkway
• Utilize existing drainage infrastructure
• Long-term ease of maintenance/cost
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Name: Pedestrian Walkway Expansion at M&T Bank

Case Study 1: Stadium
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Lot “C”
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Name: Pedestrian Walkway Expansion at M&T Bank

Case Study 1: Stadium
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Modular Wetlands Linear Solutions:

• Meets pollutant removal requirements
• Approved to be used entirely underground
Challenges: • System can be designed online with existing

• ESD redevelopment requirements stormwater drainage lines

• Maximize parking and walkway • The pretreatment chamber consolidates and

• Utilize existing drainage infrastructure minimizes maintenance

• Long-term ease of maintenance/cost

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Name: Pedestrian Walkway Expansion at M&T Bank

Case Study 1: Stadium
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
 Designing Traffic Rated BMPs

Name: Pedestrian Walkway Expansion at M&T Bank

Case Study 1: Stadium
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
 Designing Traffic Rated BMPs

Name: Pedestrian Walkway Expansion at M&T Bank

Case Study 1: Stadium
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
 Designing Traffic Rated BMPs

Name: Pedestrian Walkway Expansion at M&T Bank

Case Study 1: Stadium
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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Name: Pedestrian Walkway Expansion at M&T Bank

Case Study 1: Stadium
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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Name: San Diego Airport Parking Lot

Case Study 2: Location: San Diego, California

Challenges:
• More parking = more stormwater runoff
• Reducing environmental impact on SD Bay
• Flat site with possibility of ponding
• Planter areas and footings need to remain
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Name: San Diego Airport Parking Lot

Case Study 2: Location: San Diego, California
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Name: San Diego Airport Parking Lot

Case Study 2: Location: San Diego, California

Challenges: Modular Wetlands Linear Solutions:

• More parking = more stormwater runoff
• Land Cost
• Reducing environmental impact on SD Bay
• Flat site with possibility of ponding
• Planter areas and footings need to remain
• Horizontal flow treats more water in a smaller
footprint
• System is proven to treat high percentages of the
most harmful stormwater pollutants
• Subsurface flow – entirely underground
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Name: San Diego Airport Parking Lot

Case Study 2: Location: San Diego, California
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Name: San Diego Airport Parking Lot

Case Study 2: Location: San Diego, California
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Name: San Diego Airport Parking Lot

Case Study 2: Location: San Diego, California
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