Mitchell Block: Low-Impact Development Case Study

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MITCHELL BLOCK

Fort Collins, Colorado

LOW-IMPACT DEVELOPMENT

URBAN INFILL REDEVELOPMENT – MOUNTAIN & WALNUT

PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION

fully lined with 30-mil PVC impermeable membrane

PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION

perforated PVC underdrain…

PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION

…runs along entire paver section

PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION

similar sub-base course as Odell’s

PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION

similar base course as Odell’s

PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION

similar bedding course as Odell’s

PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION

same manual method of installation

PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION

same herringbone pattern, but with perimeter header

PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION

void filler brushed into place with a broom

PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION

finished product – Mountain Avenue

PERMEABLE PAVERS – UDFCD INSTALLATION

begins with demo and removal of existing asphalt

PERMEABLE PAVERS – UDFCD INSTALLATION

Urban Drainage uses more of a sand filter system

PERMEABLE PAVERS – UDFCD INSTALLATION

this section also lined with 30-mil PVC membrane and has perf. underdrain

PERMEABLE PAVERS – UDFCD INSTALLATION

note the difference between the sand versus the large aggregate

PERMEABLE PAVERS – UDFCD INSTALLATION

finished product – Walnut Street

FILTERRA BIORETENTION SYSTEM

manufactured unit delivered and craned into place

FILTERRA BIORETENTION SYSTEM

similar to an on-grade Type R inlet with a tree grate out of the top

FILTERRA BIORETENTION SYSTEM

trash and large debris collect on top of planting media

CSU URBAN WATER CENTER – RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP

water quality monitoring system installed at sump inlet

CSU URBAN WATER CENTER – RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP

samples taken from paver section only, Filterra by-passes

URBAN RAIN GARDENS

rain garden flanks sump inlet at corner of Walnut Street

URBAN RAIN GARDENS

curb cuts allow water to enter rain garden at both ends

URBAN RAIN GARDENS

on-grade rain garden further west on Walnut Street

URBAN RAIN GARDENS

overflow weir controls the on-grade rain garden

SPECIAL THANKS

Contributing Photographers:

Herman Feissner – Feissner Consulting

Basil Hamdan – City of Fort Collins

Cody Snowdon – Northern Engineering

Project Team:

Bohemian Foundation

Everitt-MacMillan Development

Neenan Company

BHA Design

City of Fort Collins Utilities

CSU Urban Water Center

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