ACADEMIC WORK HOW IT WORKS:
UNDERGRADUATE THESIS WORK
Shown in the site plan is the main feature of my intervention: the stormwater digester, which sequesters all of the site’s heavily contaminated runoff, passively cleaning it with phytoremediation, where it then eventually drains into the Ohio River. Miles downstream lies Lousiville Kentucky which my plan incorporates by providing unique and dynamic recreation opportunities for residents.
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1. Water drains off the site and into the digester system
Contaminant-absorbing plants High porosity sand cleansing layer
2.The stormwater then is absorbed by the filter layer soil contaminated stormwater is then absorbed by the cleansing plants roots 3. The where it is then metabolized, while the contaminants are removed in the process
4.Any remaining water unabsorbed by the plants drains away into the draining layer unabsorbed water is then recirculated back into the digester system where it can 5.The be reabsorbed elsewhere within the system.
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Zeolite intermediary cleansing layer Drain pipe Lava rock drainage layer
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Jenny Lind Run Passive Stormwater Digester Illustrated Section (West) Undergraduate Thesis 2011
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