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See [[exfiltration trenches]] for guidance on infiltration trench systems integrated with conventional storm sewers and manholes that provide both infiltration and conveyance functions.  

See [[exfiltration trenches]] for guidance on infiltration trench systems integrated with conventional storm sewers and manholes that provide both infiltration and conveyance functions.  

[[File:Kortright trench.PNG|thumb|This infiltration trench features an inlet composed of [[geotextile| filter fabric]] and decorative river stone, which provides some [[pretreatment]] and can easily be removed and replaced as part of routine sediment removal maintenance. For more details click [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2016/08/BioVSTrench_TechBrief__July2015.pdf here] ]]   

[[File:Kortright trench.PNG|thumb|This infiltration trench features an inlet composed of [[geotextile| filter fabric]] and decorative [[stone| river stone]], which provides some [[pretreatment]] and can easily be removed and replaced as part of routine sediment removal maintenance. For more details click [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2016/08/BioVSTrench_TechBrief__July2015.pdf here] ]]   

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==Overview==

==Overview==

*Virginia up to 10' (3 m) deep. <ref>Viriginia Department of Transport. (2010). VDOT BMP Design Manual of Practice. Retrieved March 15, 2018, from http://www.virginiadot.org/business/resources/LocDes/BMP_Design-Manual/Chapter_8_Infiltration_Trench.pdf</ref>

*Virginia up to 10' (3 m) deep. <ref>Viriginia Department of Transport. (2010). VDOT BMP Design Manual of Practice. Retrieved March 15, 2018, from http://www.virginiadot.org/business/resources/LocDes/BMP_Design-Manual/Chapter_8_Infiltration_Trench.pdf</ref>

*Minnesota up to 12' (3.6 m) deep. <ref>Design criteria for Infiltration trench. (2016, September 21). Minnesota Stormwater Manual, . Retrieved 13:25, April 4, 2018 from https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Design_criteria_for_Infiltration_trench&oldid=28702.</ref>

*Minnesota up to 12' (3.6 m) deep. <ref>Design criteria for Infiltration trench. (2016, September 21). Minnesota Stormwater Manual, . Retrieved 13:25, April 4, 2018 from https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Design_criteria_for_Infiltration_trench&oldid=28702.</ref>

*"...not normally be deeper than 3 to 4 m in order to maximise the length of the flow path to the water table through the unsaturated zone." <ref>Design of soakaways (2015) www.tiipublications.ie/library/DN-DNG-03072-01.pdf</ref>

*"...not normally deeper than 3 to 4 m in order to maximise the length of the flow path to the water table through the unsaturated zone." <ref>Design of soakaways (2015) www.tiipublications.ie/library/DN-DNG-03072-01.pdf</ref>

*There is a cost implication with digging deeper practices, trench boxes may be required to retain the side walls during construction.

*There is a cost implication with designing deeper practices.  If >2.0 m deep, trench shorings are required to support the side walls during construction.

==Materials==

==Materials==