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'''Performance calculation''':  In the example above, the [[bioretention]] facility would provide water quality load reductions through filtration (water quality concentration reductions) and infiltration (volume reductions).  Since the second facility would receive effluent from the [[underdrain]] of the bioretention, no further reduction in TSS concentrations would be expected (ie. the TSS concentration would already be at the ‘irreducible’ level) (Schueler, 2000)<ref>Schueler, T.  2000.  Irreducible Pollutant Concentration Discharged from Stormwater Practices.  Technical Note #75, In Watershed Protection Techniques. 2(2), 369-372, Centre for Watershed Protection. Accessed: https://owl.cwp.org/mdocs-posts/elc_pwp65/</ref>.  The TSS water quality load would be reduced in the second facility only by further reductions in volumes through infiltration.  If the parameter of interest was total [[phosphorus]] (TP) rather than TSS, there is the potential that the second facility may further reduce TP through filtration/adsorption, especially if the second facility contained [[Sorbtive media|reactive media]] designed to remove phosphorus.
'''Performance calculation''':  In the example above, the [[bioretention]] facility would provide water quality load reductions through filtration (water quality concentration reductions) and infiltration (volume reductions).  Since the second facility would receive effluent from the [[underdrain]] of the bioretention, no further reduction in TSS concentrations would be expected (ie. the TSS concentration would already be at the ‘irreducible’ level) (Schueler, 2000)<ref>Schueler, T.  2000.  Irreducible Pollutant Concentration Discharged from Stormwater Practices.  Technical Note #75, In Watershed Protection Techniques. 2(2), 369-372, Centre for Watershed Protection. Accessed: https://owl.cwp.org/mdocs-posts/elc_pwp65/</ref>.  The TSS water quality load would be reduced in the second facility only by further reductions in volumes through infiltration.  If the parameter of interest was total [[phosphorus]] (TP) rather than TSS, there is the potential that the second facility may further reduce TP through filtration/adsorption, especially if the second facility contained [[Sorbtive media|reactive media]] designed to remove phosphorus.


===4. Treatment trains designed to optimize treatment facility sizing through flow control===
===4. Treatment trains designed to optimize treatment facility sizing through flow control===
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Of course, the real world is not black and white, and it is possible to blend these categories to meet a variety of different site stormwater management objectives.  The purpose of categorizing the treatment train types into design priorities is to highlight the need to consider different objectives, while recognizing that if the design priority of the treatment train is narrowly focused, objectives other than those targeted may not be met.
Of course, the real world is not black and white, and it is possible to blend these categories to meet a variety of different site stormwater management objectives.  The purpose of categorizing the treatment train types into design priorities is to highlight the need to consider different objectives, while recognizing that if the design priority of the treatment train is narrowly focused, objectives other than those targeted may not be met.


==Calculating [[Water Quality]] Performance of Treatment Trains==
==Calculating [[Water Quality]] Performance of Treatment Trains==

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