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Photo Book ofStorm Water

Features

Version 1.2

2 Photo Book of Storm Water Features

This book is not comprehensive and some storm water features may not have been included. The features pictured in this book may not always

represent features installed.

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Drainage StructuresA structure built to collect rain water from a storm event and direct it into a pipe for discharge into a channel, stream or pond.

Catch Basin

Curb Inlet

Double Catch Basin

Drop Inlet in Pavement

Drop Inlet in Yard

Elongated Throat

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End Wall With Wing Walls

Flared End Section (FES)

Head Wall - Brick

Head Wall - Concrete

Head Wall - Concrete Block

Manhole


Pre-Cast Wing Wall

Slab Top Inlet



Retaining WallsA retaining is a vertical, or nearly vertical, wall designed to support ground surfaces of differing elevations.

Gabion Wall

Modular Block Wall

Wrapped Earth


Bottomless Culvert - Arch

Bottomless Culvert - Three Sided

Corrugated Aluminum Pipe Arch (CAPA)

Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP)

Double Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert (RCBC)

Driveway Culvert

Pipes & CulvertsA culvert is a drainage pipe used to convey a stream through a road or embankment or may carry a stream for a long distance underground to a surface discharge location.

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High Density Polyethylene Pipe (HDPE)

Reinforced Concrete Pipe

Pipes & CulvertsA culvert is a drainage pipe used to convey a stream through a road or embankment or may carry a stream for a long distance underground to a surface discharge location.


2’ 6” Standard Curb and Gutter

Roadside Ditch

Valley Gutter

Curb & Gutter


Articulated Block Matting

Coir Fiber Rolls

Cross Vane Floodplain Bench Diagram

Floodplain Bench

Double Wing Deflector

Bankfull Depth

Floodplain Bench

Channel & Pond Features

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Littoral Shelf

Grade Control Structure

Littoral Shelf Diagram

Benthic Zone

Submerged Plants

Floating Plants

Emerged Plants

Terrestrial Plants

Littoral Zone Open Water

Pond Outlet Structure with Trash Rack

Pond

Meanders



Rip Rap

Riffle Pool Sequence

Rip Rap Toe Soil Bioengineering - First Year (Live Stakes)

Root Wad

Riser


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Soil Bioengineering - Mature Growth

Soil Bioengineering - Medium Growth

Stilling Basin Wetland BMP

Swale - Grassed

Swale - Concrete


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Construction Equipment

Backhoe

Backfill Tamping with Jumping Jack

Casing Pipe Hydroseed Equipment

Drill Rig

Crane



Micropile Drill Rig

Micropile Bracket

Mini Backhoe Rock Hammer

Pavement Milling Equipment

Mini Front End Loader



Track Hoe

Street Broom

Trench Compactor


Installation Techniques

Curb-Gutter Installation

Bypass Pumping

Hand Dig Utility Conflicts Hydroseed

High Density Polyethylene Pipe (HDPE) Installation

Head Wall Under Construction



Permanent Erosion Control Matting

Orange Construction Fence

Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP) Installation

Temporary Erosion Control Matting

Silt Fence

Shoring



Temporary Staging Area

Temporary Rock Check Dam

Tree Removal - Chipping

Trenching in the Street

Trench Box


Miscellaneous

Hand Rail

Guard Rail

Rain Barrel

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Problems

Blockage Removal

Blockage

Channel Erosion Corroded Metal Pipe

Concrete in Stream

Channel Erosion


Problems

Corroded Metal Pipe

Corroded Metal Pipe

Debris at Catch Basin Flooding - House

Flooding - Bridge

Failed Concrete Apron


Problems

Flooding - Yard

Flooding - Road

Sinkhole or Blowout


Index

Drainage Structures ..................................3 - 5

Catch Basin ........................................................................................... �Curb Inlet ............................................................................................... �Double Catch Basin ........................................................................... �Drop Inlet in Pavement .................................................................... �Drop Inlet in Yard ................................................................................ �Elongated Throat ................................................................................ �End Wall With Wing Walls ................................................................ �Flared End Section (FES) .................................................................. �Head Wall - Brick ................................................................................. �Head Wall - Concrete ......................................................................... �Head Wall - Concrete Block ............................................................. �Manhole ................................................................................................. �Pre-Cast Wing Wall ............................................................................. �Slab Top Inlet ........................................................................................ �

Retaining Walls ..........................................6

Gabion Wall .......................................................................................... 6Modular Block Wall ............................................................................ 6Wrapped Earth .................................................................................... 6

Pipes & Culverts .........................................7 - 8

Bottomless Culvert - Arch ................................................................ �Bottomless Culvert - Three Sided ................................................. �Corrugated Aluminum Pipe Arch (CAPA) ................................... �Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP) ........................................................ �Double Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert (RCBC) ................... �Driveway Culvert ................................................................................ �High Density Polyethylene Pipe (HDPE)..................................... �Reinforced Concrete Pipe ................................................................ �


Curb & Gutter .............................................9

2’ 6” Standard Curb and Gutter ...................................................... �Roadside Ditch .................................................................................... �Valley Gutter ......................................................................................... �

Channel & Pond Features ..........................10 - 13

Articulated Block Matting ............................................................... 10Coir Fiber Rolls ..................................................................................... 10Cross Vane ............................................................................................. 10Double Wing Deflector ..................................................................... 10Floodplain Bench ............................................................................... 10Floodplain Bench Diagram ............................................................. 10Grade Control Structure ................................................................... 11Littoral Shelf ......................................................................................... 11Littoral Shelf Diagram ....................................................................... 11Meanders ............................................................................................... 11Pond ........................................................................................................ 11Pond Outlet Structure with Trash Rack ....................................... 11Riffle Pool Sequence .......................................................................... 12Rip Rap ................................................................................................... 12Rip Rap Toe ........................................................................................... 12Riser ......................................................................................................... 12Root Wad ............................................................................................... 12Soil Bioengineering - First Year (Live Stakes) ........................... 12Soil Bioengineering - Medium Growth ....................................... 1�Soil Bioengineering - Mature Growth ......................................... 1�Stilling Basin ......................................................................................... 1�Swale - Concrete ................................................................................. 1�Swale - Grassed ................................................................................... 1�Wetland BMP ........................................................................................ 1�


Construction Equipment ...........................14 - 16

Backfill Tamping with Jumping Jack ........................................... 1�Backhoe ................................................................................................. 1�Casing Pipe ........................................................................................... 1�Crane ....................................................................................................... 1�Drill Rig ................................................................................................... 1�Hydroseed Equipment ..................................................................... 1�Micropile Bracket ................................................................................ 1�Micropile Drill Rig ............................................................................... 1�Mini Backhoe ....................................................................................... 1�Mini Front End Loader ...................................................................... 1�Pavement Milling Equipment ........................................................ 1�Rock Hammer ...................................................................................... 1�Street Broom ........................................................................................ 16Track Hoe ............................................................................................... 16Trench Compactor ............................................................................. 16

Installation Techniques .............................17 -19

Bypass Pumping ................................................................................. 1�Curb-Gutter Installation ................................................................... 1�Hand Dig Utility Conflicts ................................................................ 1�Head Wall Under Construction ...................................................... 1�High Density Polyethylene Pipe (HDPE) Installation ............ 1�Hydroseed ............................................................................................. 1�Orange Construction Fence ........................................................... 1�Permanent Erosion Control Matting ........................................... 1�Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP) Installation ............................. 1�Shoring ................................................................................................... 1�Silt Fence ............................................................................................... 1�Temporary Erosion Control Matting ............................................ 1�Temporary Rock Check Dam .......................................................... 1�


Installation Techniques Cont’d .................17 -19

Temporary Staging Area .................................................................. 1�Tree Removal - Chipping ................................................................. 1�Trench Box ............................................................................................ 1�Trenching in the Street ..................................................................... 1�

Miscellaneous ............................................20

Guard Rail .............................................................................................. 20Hand Rail ............................................................................................... 20Rain Barrel ............................................................................................. 20

Problems ....................................................21 - 23

Blockage ................................................................................................ 21Blockage Removal .............................................................................. 21Channel Erosion .................................................................................. 21Concrete in Stream ............................................................................ 21Corroded Metal Pipe ......................................................................... 21Debris at Catch Basin ........................................................................ 22Failed Concrete Apron ...................................................................... 22Flooding - Bridge ................................................................................ 22Flooding - House ................................................................................ 22Flooding - Road ................................................................................... 2�Flooding - Yard .................................................................................... 2�Sinkhole or Blowout .......................................................................... 2�

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