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A diagram of a traditional French drain. A French drain [1] (also known by other names including trench drain, blind drain, [1] rubble drain, [1] and rock drain [1]) is a trench filled with gravel or rock, or both, with or without a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area.
A percolation trench is similar to a dry well, which is typically an excavated hole filled with gravel. [3] Another similar drainage structure is a French drain, which directs water away from a building foundation, but is usually not designed to protect water quality.
A trench drain (also known as a channel drain, line drain, slot drain, linear drain, or strip drain) is a specific type of floor drain featuring a trough- or channel-shaped body. It is designed for the rapid evacuation of surface water or for the containment of utility lines or chemical spills.
Subsurface drains, on the other hand, are designed to manage water that seeps into the soil beneath the planting surface. French drains, which are gravel-filled trenches with perforated pipes at the bottom, are the most common type of subsurface drain. Trench drains, which are similar but shallower and wider, are also used in some situations. [4]
A dry well receives water from entry pipes at its top. It can be used part of a broader stormwater drainage network or on smaller scales such as collecting stormwater from building roofs. It is used in conjunction with pretreatment measures such as bioswales or sediment chambers to prevent groundwater contamination. [6] [2]
French drains are usually trenches filled from bottom to trench surface with porous material like rock: not with soil. I have a fairly good volume of text about French drains on the page Drainage Info - some concepts may be convenient for explanation in this article.Mdvaden 04:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
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