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PRE-DEVELOPMENT
Not surprisingly, when we look at pre-development
conditions around Puget Sound, water flows were much
different. In a native, healthy, Northwest forest, nearly
half of rainfall infiltrates, a tiny amount runs off in large
storm events, and a full 50% returns to the atmosphere
due to evaporation or plant transpiration (Beyerlein, 2012).
Rather than concentrating our efforts to reduce polluted
runoff by cleaning water, we might be better served by
evaporating the water before it becomes polluted.
This leads us to the question:
How can we design our buildings & infrastructure to
mimic the evaporation rate of the Northwest forest?
\ DESIGN CONCEPTS LEARNED FROM PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORESTS seedkit
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