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| This article is about planted installations designed to capture surface runoff through an engineered soil with subterranean infrastructure. <br> | | This article is about planted installations designed to capture <strong>and convey</strong> surface runoff through an engineered soil with subterranean infrastructure. <br> |
| For simpler, residential systems, see [[Rain Gardens]]. <br> | | For node type systems, see [[Bioretention Cells]]. |
| For linear systems, which convey flow, but are otherwise similar see [[Bioswales]].
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| *People who want bioretention}} | | *Sites with long linear landscaped areas such as parking lots}} |
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| <p><strong>Additional components may include:</strong> | | <p><strong>Additional components may include:</strong> |
| *Impermeable membrane to prevent infiltration to soils below | | *Impermeable membrane to prevent infiltration to soils below |
| | *Check dams |
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| IMG 2457 750X500.jpg| Bioretention cell capturing and treating runoff from adjacent parking lot at the Kortright Centre, Vaughan.
| | 20161024 100338 550x550.jpg| Bioswale? |
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| IMG 2457 750X500.jpg| Bioretention cell capturing and treating runoff from adjacent parking lot at the Kortright Centre, Vaughan. | | IMG 2457 750X500.jpg| Placeholder |
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