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[[File:IMG 2457 750X500.jpg|thumb|Bioretention cell capturing and treating runoff from adjacent parking lot at the Kortright Centre, Vaughan.]]

[[File:IMG 2457 750X500.jpg|thumb|Bioretention cell capturing and treating runoff from adjacent parking lot at the Kortright Centre, Vaughan.]]

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This article is about planted installations designed to capture and filter surface runoff through engineered soil (filter media).

This article is about planted installations designed to capture and filter surface runoff through engineered soil ([[filter media]]).

<br> For simple systems (typically without regulatory control), see [[Rain gardens]].

<br> For simple systems (typically without regulatory control), see [[Rain gardens]].

<br> For linear systems, which convey flow, but are otherwise similar see [[Swales|Bioswales]].

<br> For linear systems, which convey flow, but are otherwise similar see [[Swales|Bioswales]].

   

   

==Overview==

==Overview==

Bioretention systems may be the most well recognized form of low impact development (LID). They can fit into any style of landscape and encompass all mechanisms of action: infiltration, filtration and evapotranspiration.

Bioretention systems may be the most well recognized form of [[low impact development]] (LID). They can fit into any style of landscape and encompass all mechanisms of action: [[infiltration]], [[filtration]] and [[evapotranspiration]].

{{textbox|Bioretention is an ideal technology for:  

{{textbox|Bioretention is an ideal technology for:  

*Fitting functional vegetation into urban landscapes  

*Fitting functional vegetation into urban landscapes