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Randel Lemoine

Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:00 PM

First Flush Revisited

Posted By: Stormwater Editor

The March/April 2008 issue of Stormwater had several great articles. I was particularly interested in your “Editor’s Comments” on first flush and the article it referenced.

I believe that one of the reasons for the “phantom first flush,” in addition to varying TOCs in large watersheds, is the existence of what I call mixing basins. These mixing basins can be small potholes in the street, catch basin sumps, or baffle boxes without a h More...

 

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