TY  - JOUR
A1  - Siering, Nils
A1  - Grüning, Helmut
T1  - Stormwater Tree Pits for Decentralized Retention of Heavy Rainfall
T2  - Water
N2  - Stormwater tree pits with storage elements enable the irrigation of urban trees and can potentially act as decentralized rainwater retention basins. This paper mainly focuses on analyzing this potential. Field tests were conducted to investigate the irrigation behavior and the storage effect of a storm water tree pit system using Perl hoses as irrigation elements over a period of two years.
The rainfall, storage volumes, and soil moisture within the employed planting pit were measured.
With the help of system modeling, the retention ability of the storm water tree pit system was analyzed. The available storage volume was sufficient to irrigate trees for several days. During the measurement period, about 15% of the inflowing rainwater was fed to the root zone of the tree. With practical storage volumes of 200 to 300 m3/ha, a remarkable amount of water from heavy rainfall could be completely stored, thus significantly reducing the risk of flooding. The retention effect and irrigation behavior largely depend on the soil conditions and the technical possibilities of the equipment supplying the root area (in this case, Perl hoses). Further investigations are required to determine the influence on the growth conditions of trees and optimize of the system for discharge into the root zone.
KW  - stormwater tree pits
KW  - decentralized storm water retention system
Y1  - 2023
UR  - https://www.hb.fh-muenster.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/17720
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-177201
SN  - 2073-4441
VL  - 2023 / 15
IS  - Water 2023, 15, 2987
SP  - 1
EP  - 16
ER  -