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Green stormwater infrastructure and suburban runoff

In Maryland watersheds, dense infiltration practices lowered runoff volume and peak flow relative to a detention-based urban control for smaller storms, but did not reproduce forest hydrology and performed less well as storms and imperviousness increased.

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Hopkins et al., Changes in event-based streamflow magnitude and timing after suburban development with infiltration-based stormwater management, Hydrological Processes (2019).

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In Maryland watersheds, dense infiltration practices lowered runoff volume and peak flow relative to a detention-based urban control for smaller storms, but did not reproduce forest hydrology and performed less well as storms and imperviousness increased.

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