Performance assessment of rain gardens

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1019-1031

  Asleson, Brooke C ^a   Nestingen, Rebecca S ^b   Gulliver, John S ^c   Hozalski, Raymond M ^c   Nieber, John L ^c  

^a MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

^b SHORT ELLIOTT HENDRICKSON INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Bioretention practice; Infiltration; Rain garden; Runoff; Stormwater management

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BIORETENTION PRACTICE; HYDRIC SOILS; INFILTRATION RATE; INFILTROMETERS; MAINTENANCE TASKS; MINNESOTA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAIN GARDEN; RAIN GARDENS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL LAYER; SOIL SURFACES; STORM EVENTS; STORMWATER MANAGEMENT; STORMWATERS; TIME PERIODS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAINTENANCE; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STORM SEWERS; SURFACE TESTING; VEGETATION; VISUAL COMMUNICATION; WATER LEVELS;

RAIN;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; INFILTROMETER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68749119880     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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