Difference between revisions of "Absorbent landscapes"

From LID SWM Planning and Design Guide
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "Get excited! This page is going to contain content prepared by Dean Young! In the meantime, here's a few materials links that may prove useful *Topsoil...")
 
Line 1: Line 1:
Get excited! This page is going to contain content prepared by [[User:Dean_Young| Dean Young]]!
Get excited! This page is going to contain content prepared by [[User:Dean_Young| Dean Young]]!
''Soil amendment guidelines (from 2010 guide section 3 - placed here by Jen)
Soil amendment sizing criteria:
impervious area / soil area = 1
*use 100 mm compost, till to 300 - 450 mm depth
impervious area / soil area = 2
*use 200 mm compost, till to 300 - 450 mm depth
impervious area / soil area = 3
*use 300 mm compost, till to 450 - 600 mm depth
Compost should consist of well-aged (at least one year) leaf compost. Amended soil should have an organic content of 8-15% by weight or 30-40% by volume.
Source: Soils for Salmon, 2005''


In the meantime, here's a few materials links that may prove useful
In the meantime, here's a few materials links that may prove useful
Line 5: Line 18:
*[[Sand]]
*[[Sand]]
*[[Compost]]
*[[Compost]]
==See also==
[[Downspout disconnection]]
[[vegetated filter strips]]


[[category: infiltration]]
[[category: infiltration]]

Revision as of 17:47, 12 September 2017

Get excited! This page is going to contain content prepared by Dean Young!

Soil amendment guidelines (from 2010 guide section 3 - placed here by Jen) Soil amendment sizing criteria: impervious area / soil area = 1

  • use 100 mm compost, till to 300 - 450 mm depth

impervious area / soil area = 2

  • use 200 mm compost, till to 300 - 450 mm depth

impervious area / soil area = 3

  • use 300 mm compost, till to 450 - 600 mm depth

Compost should consist of well-aged (at least one year) leaf compost. Amended soil should have an organic content of 8-15% by weight or 30-40% by volume. Source: Soils for Salmon, 2005


In the meantime, here's a few materials links that may prove useful

See also[edit]

Downspout disconnection vegetated filter strips