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This report by TRCA highlights the multiple LID installations located at Edwards Gardens, a botanical garden located at 777 Lawrence Avenue East in Toronto, Ontario and owned by the city. The retrofit of the Edwards Gardens parking lot introduces several new technologies to add to the existing Low Impact Development (LID) practices onsite – an extensive [[Green roof]] and a [[Rainwater harvesting]] system, along with [[Bioretention]], [[Permeable pavement]], [[Infiltration trenches]], [[Exfiltration trenches]], and [[Swales]]. The stormwater management benefits of the LID practices implemented onsite help to improve the quality and reduce the volume of runoff discharging to Wilket Creek, nearby. To read more about the various LID practices at Edwards Gardens and their performance, click the button above.
This report by TRCA highlights the multiple LID installations located at Edwards Gardens, a botanical garden located at 777 Lawrence Avenue East in Toronto, Ontario and owned by the city. The retrofit of the Edwards Gardens parking lot introduces several new technologies to add to the existing Low Impact Development (LID) practices onsite – an extensive [[Green roof]] and a [[Rainwater harvesting]] system, along with [[Bioretention]], [[Permeable pavement]], [[Infiltration trenches]], [[Exfiltration trenches]], and [[Swales]]. The stormwater management benefits of the LID practices implemented onsite help to improve the quality and reduce the volume of runoff discharging to Wilket Creek, nearby. To read more about the various LID practices at Edwards Gardens and their performance, click the button above.
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This report by TRCA evaluates the performance of stormwater source control practices retrofitted into an industrial-commercial lot located in a densely-developed portion of Toronto that drains to the Malvern Branch of Highland Creek. The rainwater cistern and landscape irrigation system, [[Infiltration trench]] and three soakaway ponds. Performance parameters examined were runoff volume reduction, rainwater use/municipal water conservation, pond drainage rate and frequency and cause of overflows. Results show that the rainwater cistern/irrigation system and soakaway ponds/infiltration trench systems reduced runoff volume from their roof drainage areas by 64% and 89% respectively over the summer to fall 2015 evaluation period. Read more about these results and the subsequent recommendations for future designs and further research are provided in the report by clicking the button above.