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[[File:Floatign island.png|thumb|450px|Example of a mature floating island in a stormwater management pond in the City of Brampton. Photo: CVC, 2016<ref>CVC. 2016. Floating Islands Low Impact Development Infrastructure Performance and Risk Assessment. May 2016. https://cvc.ca/wp-content/uploads//2021/07/MonPlan_Floating_Islands_Final.pdf</ref>]]
[[File:Floatign island.png|thumb|450px|Example of a mature floating island in a stormwater management pond in the City of Brampton. Photo: CVC, 2016<ref>CVC. 2016. Floating Islands Low Impact Development Infrastructure Performance and Risk Assessment. May 2016. https://cvc.ca/wp-content/uploads//2021/07/MonPlan_Floating_Islands_Final.pdf</ref>]]
Vegetated channels installed downstream of pond outlets can help to reduce temperatures through shading, although typically a long channel is needed to have an appreciable benefit on temperatures.
Vegetated channels installed downstream of pond outlets can help to reduce temperatures through shading, although typically a long channel is needed to have an appreciable benefit on temperatures.
[[File:Shade balls brampton.jpg|thumb|400px|An example of an alternative option for thermal mitigation - White shade balls. These specialized balls were used to cover this pond as part of a thermal mitigation pilot project in the City of Brampton. Photo Source: TRCA, 2020. To read more about this novel option for thermal mitigation, click here: [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/thermal-mitigation/evaluation-shade-balls-mitigating-summer-heating-stormwater-management-ponds Shade Balls study]<ref>Rocha, L., and VanSeters, T.2020. Evaluation of shade balls for mitigating summer heating of stormwater management ponds. Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Vaughan, Ontario. https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/thermal-mitigation/evaluation-shade-balls-mitigating-summer-heating-stormwater-management-ponds/</ref>]]
Underground detention chambers, have the potential to cool inflowing runoff and maintain temperatures suitable for discharge to cool water fisheries (Drake et al, 2015)<ref>McIntosh, N., Drake, J., Young, D. and Spencer, J. 2015. Modeling Sedimentation in Underground Stormwater Detention Chamber Systems. In International Low Impact Development Conference 2015: LID: It Works in All Climates and Soils (pp. 43-52). https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/low-impact-development/soakaways-infiltration-trenches-and-chambers/evaluation-of-an-underground-stormwater-detention-chamber-system-in-markham-ontario/</ref>
Underground detention chambers, have the potential to cool inflowing runoff and maintain temperatures suitable for discharge to cool water fisheries (Drake et al, 2015)<ref>McIntosh, N., Drake, J., Young, D. and Spencer, J. 2015. Modeling Sedimentation in Underground Stormwater Detention Chamber Systems. In International Low Impact Development Conference 2015: LID: It Works in All Climates and Soils (pp. 43-52). https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/low-impact-development/soakaways-infiltration-trenches-and-chambers/evaluation-of-an-underground-stormwater-detention-chamber-system-in-markham-ontario/</ref>