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Creekside Crossing is a communal centre in a heavily urbanized area of Mississauga. Due to extensive development in the area, several Low Impact Development (LID) practices were constructed on site. All combined, the LIDs were able to fulfill the requirement of the TTRCA's water balance objective of retaining runoff from a 10 mm rain event onsite (usually set at 5 mm, but due to the rehabilitation work was completed in a floodplain this objective was increased twofold. The LIDs, which include [[Bioretention]] areas, [[Soakaways]]/Infiltration galleries, [[Vegetated filter strips]] and [[Permeable pavement]], achieve the water balance objective through attenuation/infiltration and evapotranspiration. To read more about this site and the performance of the LIDs mentioned, click on the button above.

Creekside Crossing is a communal centre in a heavily urbanized area of Mississauga. Due to extensive development in the area, several Low Impact Development (LID) practices were constructed on site. All combined, the LIDs were able to fulfill the requirement of the TTRCA's water balance objective of retaining runoff from a 10 mm rain event onsite (usually set at 5 mm, but due to the rehabilitation work was completed in a floodplain this objective was increased twofold. The LIDs, which include [[Bioretention]] areas, [[Soakaways]]/Infiltration galleries, [[Vegetated filter strips]] and [[Permeable pavement]], achieve the water balance objective through attenuation/infiltration and evapotranspiration. To read more about this site and the performance of the LIDs mentioned, click on the button above.

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The Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga (UCM) is located on South Service Road within the Cooksville Creek Watershed. that drains into Lake Ontario. The site sits on sandy soils, which are ideal conditions for low impact development practices that infiltrate stormwater. A  large [[Bioretention]] cell was constructed in the center of the parking lot. The bioretention cell filters and absorbs rainwater running off the parking lot. The bioretention cell is also landscaped with many native plants that create habitat for the numerous bird and insect species on the site. [[Filter strips]], were added a year after construction of the site, which successfully stabilized the

The Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga (UCM) is located on South Service Road within the Cooksville Creek Watershed. that drains into Lake Ontario. The site sits on sandy soils, which are ideal conditions for low impact development practices that infiltrate stormwater. A  large [[Bioretention]] cell was constructed in the center of the parking lot. The bioretention cell filters and absorbs rainwater running off the parking lot. The bioretention cell is also landscaped with many native plants that create habitat for the numerous bird and insect species on the site. [[Filter strips]], were added a year after construction of the site, which successfully stabilized the