Digest 365 Soakaway design (Withdrawn)
Publication Year
1991
Document Status
Withdrawn, cited in regs
Abstract
Soakaways have been the traditional way to dispose of stormwater from buildings and paved areas remote from a public sewer or watercourse. In recent years, soakaways have been used within urban, fully-sewered areas to limit the impact on discharge of new upstream building works and to avoid costs of sewer up-grading outside a development. Soakaways are seen increasingly as a more widely applicable option alongside other means of stormwater control and disposal. This Digest describes design and construction procedures, explains how to calculate rainfall design values and soil infiltration rates, and gives some design examples.
Document History
Replaces - BRE Digest 151.
Publisher Information
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