Lower Columbia River Field Guide to Water Quality Friendly Development
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Reduced Impervious Surfaces

Narrow or shared driveway
Narrow parking lot spaces
Narrow travel lanes


Permeable Surfaces

Permeable pavement
Permeable pavers
Turf block
Gravel
Cobbles

Roof Systems
Ecoroof
Roof garden

Rainwater Harvesting Systems
Rain Barrels
Cisterns

Landscape Systems
Trees
Contained planter box
Infiltration planter box
Flow-through planter box
Vegetated/grassy swale
Vegetated filter strip
Vegetated infiltration basin
Sand filter


Subsurface Systems

Soakage trench/dry wells/French drain

Conveyance
Downspout disconnection
Curb alternatives


   

Soakage Trench/Dry Wells/French Drain

Site:
Barrington Square Apartments
Owner:

Address:
7123 SE Powell
Portland, OR 97206
Contact:
Henry Stevens
503.823.7867

 

Comments:
Stormwater runoff from 17,000 square feet of the Barrington Square Apartment's rooftop is directed to a series of soakage trenches. Soakage trenches are shallow trenches lined with filter fabric and backfilled with stone, sand, or grass. They are appropriate in areas where native soils infiltrate well. Water enters the trench through a perforated pipe that allows water to slowly be absorbed by the underlying soil.




Site:
Coffee Cartel
Owner:

Address:
4435 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Highway
Portland, OR 97221
Contact:


 

Comments:
A circular driveway and a few parking spaces drain through curb cuts to this soakage trench. Soakage trenches can accept runoff from a variety of impervious surfaces and buildings.



Site:

Owner:

Address:

Contact:

 

Comments:
Dry wells are precast structures that collect stormwater runoff and infiltrate it into the ground. Drywells can be made from concrete, plastic, or other materials and come in a variety of widths and depths. Once these concrete drywells are place in a hole in the ground, they will be surrounded with open-graded aggregated. As water flows into the drywell, small holes in the side allow the water to infiltrate into the surrounding soil.