CONSTRUCTED TO DECONSTRUCTED: MASTER PLAN - PRIMARY CHANNEL PROFILE OF APPROX 3.5 M / SQ: BETWEEN 2 - 3.5 M WIDE BY 1 - 1.75 M. - SECONDARY CHANNEL UP TO 34 M / SQ WITH INUNDATION OF LOWER PATHS.
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100 M NARROWER, WINDING PRIMARY CHANNEL (FOR DAILY FLOWS BELOW 300ML / DAY) WITH HIGHER VELOCITY FLOW. SECONDARY CHANNEL FOR FLOWS ABOVE 300ML / DAY INCLUDES RETENTION PONDS.
50 M
0M
10 M
SMALL ‘CHILL’ SPOT
WATER ENTRANCE POINT
MAJOR GREENSPACE
LITTER TRAP & RETENTION POND
DENSE PLANTING
SEDIMENT POND (1.5 - 2.0 M DEEP)
SPARSE PLANTING/OPEN SPACE
MACROPHYTE ZONE (0.2 - 0.4 M DEEP)
MEDIUM DENSITY PLANTING
WATERCOURSE
SEMI-AQUATIC PLANTING - PRIMARY CHANNEL PROFILE OF APPROX 3.5 M / SQ: BETWEEN 3 - 5 M WIDE BY 1.2 - 0.8 M. AQUATIC PLANTING/CHANNEL
- SECONDARY CHANNEL UP TO 34 M / SQ WITH INUNDATION OF LOWER PATHS.
ROUTE DIAGRAM
100 M DETAIL & BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTED WETLAND.
DEDICATED BIKE ROUTE DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN ROUTE (ABOVE DO NOT FLOOD AT PEAK FLOW.) SECONDARY ROUTE - ALL USERS POINT OF TRANSITION BETWEEN ROUTES
WHEN WATER FLOW FALLS BELOW 100ML / DAY, PAVED AREA THROUGH AQUATIC PLANTING/CHANNEL FUNCTIONS AS TERTIARY ROUTE.
- PRIMARY CHANNEL PROFILE OF APPROX 3.5 M / SQ: BETWEEN 3 - 5 M WIDE BY 1.2 - 0.8 M. - SECONDARY CHANNEL UP TO 34 M / SQ WITH INUNDATION OF LOWER PATHS.
GRADUALLY WIDENING, FLATTER CHANNEL AS GEOMETRY BECOMES MORE ‘CONSTRUCTED’. LITTER TRAPS, RETENTION & SEDIMENT PONDS, AND MACROPHYTE ZONES FORM A CONSTRUCTED WETLAND TO PARTIALLY CLEAN STORM WATER.