{"id":4342,"date":"2017-05-26T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4342"},"modified":"2017-05-29T14:28:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T13:28:12","slug":"week-77-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4342","title":{"rendered":"Week 77, Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Week 77, Day 5:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More work on the swale for the rainwater drainage, sorting out the western (outlet) end\n<ul>\n<li>The structural engineer who designed\u00a0the swale wasn&#8217;t able to predict to what extent it would act as a soak-away hence they\u00a0needed to specify an outlet<\/li>\n<li>In theory\u00a0an outlet is required because a swale is primarily a means to transport water, not to disperse it &#8211; the idea is that the\u00a0grass growing in the swale will slow the flow of water but it will still travel the 50m to the far end and will then need somewhere to go<\/li>\n<li>A 60mm orifice plate (not yet installed) will restrict the flow from the outlet, so in the event of a huge storm the water\u00a0will back-up and then disperse gradually<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a flap valve on the far end of the pipe to prevent water flowing back into the swale in the event of the\u00a0ditch getting blocked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_4343\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=4343\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4343\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4343\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170526T1600Z.jpg\" alt=\"Week 77, Day 5\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170526T1600Z.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170526T1600Z-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170526T1600Z-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170526T1600Z-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170526T1600Z-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Week 77, Day 5<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4346\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=4346\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4346\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4346\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3551-e1496041466126.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dam wall at western end of swale; orifice plate not yet installed on outlet<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4345\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=4345\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4345\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4345\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3554-e1496041389171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swale outlet to field drainage ditch, with GRC head wall and flap valve<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 77, Day 5: More work on the swale for the rainwater drainage, sorting out the western (outlet) end The structural engineer who designed\u00a0the swale wasn&#8217;t able to predict to what extent it would act as a soak-away hence they\u00a0needed &hellip; 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