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Vec�tat�d Bxaless <br /> Current City standards call for vegetated swales to be <br /> designed for the 2 year, 24 hour storm peak discharge, with <br /> higher flows diverted around the swale. If possible, the <br /> swales should be designed with a bypass system. The swale <br /> should then be designed per the following criteria for the 2 <br /> year, 24-hour storm: <br /> °n" = 0. 12 <br /> max velocity = 1.5 feet per second <br /> max. depth = 0.5 feet , <br /> ' If diveraion is not feasible, the following additional <br /> dasign criteria will apply for the 25 year, 24-hour storm: <br /> °n" = 0.035 <br /> max velocity = 4.0 feet per second <br /> max. depth = 1.o feet <br /> The entire contributing area must be used in calculating the <br /> croes-sectional area of the swale. Only the site�s paved <br /> area muat be used in determining the required length of <br /> swale. <br /> The following information regarding the vegetated swale must <br /> be submitted for review and approval: <br /> 1) dasign flow calculation <br /> 2) velocity and flow depth calculations <br /> 3) bypass sizing calculations <br /> 4) copy of site plan showing the contributing area <br /> 5) calculation of the length of swale required for <br /> each drainage area <br /> D��1N AEVSFW COMMENTB <br /> v�catated swalas: <br /> If the groundwater table in the area is hiqh, and/or the <br /> area ie generally shaded, the swale should be designed as a <br /> biofiltration swale. <br /> All runoff from paved areas must be routed through the <br /> design length of vegetated swale prior to discharge from the � <br /> site. <br /> Spot elevations in the bottom of the swale should be given <br /> at the head of the swale, at the swale outlet, and at <br /> approximately 50 foot intervals along the lenqth of the <br /> swale. <br />