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| Bioretention areas work though biological and physical mechanisms such as transpiration, evaporation, storage, and nutrient uptake in plants. Major functional components of this bioretention cell include a grass buffer strip, ponding area, planting soil, sand bed, organic layer, and plant Material. This study site is a bioretention cell designed to capture the first flush of runoff from a 3,157 m2 impervious section of a high school parking lot. A portion of the parking lot flow is directed to the bioretention area while the remaining flow is blocked by the cub and routed toward the outflow of the site where it ends up in the main stormwater drain. Runoff enters the bioretention area through three evenly spaced riprapped channels that block large debris. Size of the cell is less than 102m2.
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