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SMG-9 Figure 12 - Large Flow Bypass Schematic<br />

Most street and road particulate matter is in coarser fractions however, most<br />

stormwater contaminants are associated with fine particles. As sand filters have two<br />

chambers, the sedimentation chamber will remove the coarse sands and gravels<br />

while the filtration chamber will remove the finer silts and clays.<br />

Recent work done by the Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration (FAWB) in<br />

Australia has indicated excellent TSS and metals removal with soil and sand-based<br />

filters that are non-vegetated (FAWB, 2008). A key element in the conclusion is that<br />

wetting and drying are key elements in treatment.<br />

SMG-9.4.3.2 <strong>Detailed</strong> <strong>Design</strong> Procedure<br />

Please refer to DS-5 <strong>Stormwater</strong> of the Infrastructure Development Code for more<br />

design details.<br />

The sand filtration chamber is sized by a variation of Darcy’s Law.<br />

Af = Vwqdf/k(h+df)tf<br />

Where:<br />

Af = surface area of sand bed (m 2 )<br />

Vwq = water quality volume<br />

df = sand bed depth (m)<br />

k = coefficient of permeability for sand (metres/day)<br />

h = average depth of water (WQ storm) above surface of sand (m) (1/2 max. depth<br />

Page 23 Updated 01/11/2012

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