Difference between revisions of "Choker layer"

From LID SWM Planning and Design Guide
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "<poem> A choking layer of ≥ 100 mm is the recommended method to prevent migration of finer filter media into an underlying reservoir of Reservoir gravel|coarse aggrega...")
 
m
Line 1: Line 1:
<poem>
In [[bioretention]] systems a choking layer of ≥ 100 mm is the recommended method to prevent migration of finer [[filter media]] into an underlying reservoir of [[Reservoir gravel|coarse aggregate]].
A choking layer of ≥ 100 mm is the recommended method to prevent migration of finer [[filter media]] into an underlying reservoir of [[Reservoir gravel|coarse aggregate]].
Suitable materials include:
Suitable materials include:
;High performance bedding (HPB)
:Clean, angular aggregate screened to between 6 - 10 mm. Widely available and designed specifically for drainage applications. Free from fines by definition. 
;HL 6
:Is a clean, angular aggregate screened between 10 - 20 mm. Free from fines by definition.
;Pea Gravel
;Pea Gravel
:Pea gravel or crushed stone screened between 5 - 15 mm, and washed, free from fines.  
:Rounded natural aggregate, screened between 5 - 15 mm, and washed free from fines.  
;High performance bedding (HPB)
 
:
In most scenarios, a [[geotextile]] layer is unnecessary and have been associated with rapid decline and clogging in some circumstances.
</poem>
[[category: materials]]
[[category: materials]]

Revision as of 20:07, 5 March 2018

In bioretention systems a choking layer of ≥ 100 mm is the recommended method to prevent migration of finer filter media into an underlying reservoir of coarse aggregate. Suitable materials include:

High performance bedding (HPB)
Clean, angular aggregate screened to between 6 - 10 mm. Widely available and designed specifically for drainage applications. Free from fines by definition.
HL 6
Is a clean, angular aggregate screened between 10 - 20 mm. Free from fines by definition.
Pea Gravel
Rounded natural aggregate, screened between 5 - 15 mm, and washed free from fines.

In most scenarios, a geotextile layer is unnecessary and have been associated with rapid decline and clogging in some circumstances.