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The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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The Preserve at Woodridge based its detention basin calculations on 65% impervious cover. But photos taken on 11/26/22, a full year after they cleared the land, suggest the impervious-cover percentage may have been dramatically understated. That affects the amount and speed of runoff. And that raises concerns for downstream residents along Ben’s Branch, many of […]

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