Bioretention cells: Gallery

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  Parking lot bioretention with surface ponding well in foreground, Kortright Centre, Vaughan, ON.

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  Parking lot bioretention sharing underground reservoir with adjacent permeable paving, Edwards Gardens, Toronto, ON.

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  Parking lot bioretention with decorative stone for erosion control, and perforated pipe access standpipe in foreground, Earth Rangers Centre, Vaughan, ON

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  The sunken curb holds the edge of the asphalt pavement and lets water freely flow to the bioretention cell beside the 7sigma parking lot in Minneapolis, MN (USA)
  Photo credit:BrianAsh

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  Bioretention cells on Elm Drive, Mississauga, ON, with vertical sides and hardscape perimeter receive road runoff via leader pipes from road catch basin inlets.

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  The grade and lack of curb allow for sheet-flow runoff into this bioretention facility. Lakeside Park, Mississauga, ON

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  Bioretention bump out in a dense urban setting receiving runoff via side inlet catch basin and curb openings on the walkway side of the installation.

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  Fairford Parkette featuring a bioretention cell retrofitted into a roadway in downtown Toronto, ON. Read more about it here.

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  Bioretention cell located in Waterfront Park in Ajax, ON.

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  Parking lot bioretention cell at IMAX corporate headquarters in Mississauga, ON.

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  A curb extension bioretention cell in action during a major rain event.

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  Bioretention cell receiving road runoff in the Wychwood neighbourhood of Brampton, ON. The nearby catch basin conveys overflows during major rain events. Read more about the stormwater system in this community in the STEP evaluation report.

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  Kortright Centre parking lot bioretention cell in action during a rain event, Vaughan, ON.

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

An alternative practice to traditional impervious pavement, prevents the generation of runoff by allowing precipitation falling on the surface to infiltrate through the surface course into an underlying stone reservoir and, where suitable conditions exist, into the native soil.

Includes the protection of soil from dislocation by water, wind or other agents.

A mixture of mineral aggregates bound with bituminous materials, used in the construction and maintenance of paved surfaces.

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.

Ground depression acting as a flow control and water treatment structure, that is normally dry.

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

Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program