Riprap: Gallery

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  Riprap directing the flow from the curb cut into a bioswale in Brampton, ON. (Photo Source: CVC, 2020)

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  Riprap directing the flow from the log flume into a rain garden at Belfountain P.S., Belfountain, ON. (Photo Source: CVC, 2021)

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  Riprap conveying the flow from the adjacent field into a rain garden at Janet I. McDougald P.S., Mississauga, ON. (Photo Source: CVC, 2021)

Linear bioretention cell designed to convey, treat and attenuate stormwater runoff. The engineered filter media soil mixture and vegetation slows the runoff water to allow sedimentation, filtration through the root zone, evapotranspiration, and infiltration into the underlying native soil.

Credit Valley Conservation

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