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Article: Prospects for enhanced groundwater recharge via infiltration of urban storm water runoff: a case study.(Case study)
- Article from:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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Urban landscapes are a mosaic of pervious and impervious areas, the latter of which reduces the extent of infiltrative surface, leading to elevated excess storm water runoff during storm events. One approach to the mitigation of urban storm water runoff is to install best management practices (BMPs) at smaller spatial scales (i.e., the parcel scale) and thereby decentralize management. This approach can serve to disconnect impervious areas from storm sewers and prevent the formation of runoff (Walsh 2004). A popular storm water BMP is the rain garden, which incorporates a capacity for surface storage and infiltration of storm water into an attractive horiticultural setting ...