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Design and Construction of an Urban Runoff Research Facility
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Environment
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Design and Construction of an Urban Runoff Research Facility
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13:48 min

August 08, 2014

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  • 00:05Title
  • 03:13Site Selection
  • 03:53Retaining Wall Construction
  • 05:09Instrumentation Installation
  • 06:15Plot Area Preparation
  • 08:51Initial Runoff Event and Sample Analysis
  • 10:28Results: Analysis of Runoff Events
  • 12:03Conclusion

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This paper describes the design, construction, and function of a 1,000 m2 facility containing 24 individual 33.6 m2 field plots equipped for measuring total runoff volumes with time and collection of runoff subsamples at selected intervals for quantification of chemical constituents in the runoff water from simulated home lawns.

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