Stormwater planters: Gallery
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Stormwater planter, treating downspout runoff, at Waterview Rec Center, Philidelphia
Photo credit: PWD
Stormwater planter, treating downspout runoff, at Waterview Rec Center, Philidelphia
Photo credit: PWD
A vegetated practice that collects and treats stormwater through sedimentation and filtration. Contributions to water cycle/water balance are through evapotranspiration only; no infiltration.
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.