Stormwater planters

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Words in here about this type of bioretention.

Performance

Water quality

Gallery

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  Stormwater planters are ideal for situating alongside buildings to capture rainwater from roof runoff. LSRCA headquarters, 2017.

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  Stormwater planter, treating downspout runoff, at Waterview Rec Center, Philidelphia
  Photo credit: PWD

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  Rain garden, Illick Hall, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
  Photo credit: DASonnenfeld

See Also

• Bioretention cells
• Extended tree pits
• Curb extensions

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• Shrubs
• Perennials
• Grasses
• Forebays
• Overflow
• Mulch
• Filter media
• Choking layer
• Reservoir

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A vegetated practice that collects and treats stormwater through sedimentation and filtration. Contributions to water cycle/water balance are through evapotranspiration only; no infiltration.

A shallow excavated surface depression containing prepared filter media, mulch, and planted with selected vegetation.

The portion of water precipitated onto a catchment area, which then flows as surface discharge from the catchment area past a specified point.

Water from rain, snow melt, or irrigation that flows over the land surface.

Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority

A vegetated practice that collects and treats stormwater through sedimentation and filtration. Contributions to water cycle/water balance are through evapotranspiration only; no infiltration.

A lot level bioretention cell designed to receive and detain, infiltrate and filter runoff, typically used for discharge from downspouts.

A bioretention BMP featuring an impermeable liner and underdrain that prevents infiltration of runoff into the underlying native soil; provides sedimentation and filtration of urban runoff as it passes through the mulch layer, engineered filter media and vegetation root zone.

A bioretention cell that features an impermeable liner that collects and treats stormwater through sedimentation and filtration only (i.e., no infiltration).