Incorrect Sizing Calculation Methods for Bioretention Cells

Water quality control bioretention cells are usually sized so that they are large enough to provide storage of runoff generated from its catchment resulting from the water quality control design storm of the location of interest. A bioretention cell can have three parts where runoff may be temporarily stored: (1) the depressed surface ponding area, (2) the growing media layer, and (3) the storage layer. In this study, the detailed sizing …