Stormwater planter, treating downspout runoff, at Waterview Rec Center, Philidelphia
Photo credit: PWD
Rain garden, Illick Hall, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
Photo credit: DASonnenfeld
A vegetated practice that collects and treats stormwater through sedimentation and filtration. Contributions to water cycle/water balance are through evapotranspiration only; no infiltration.
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.
A lot level bioretention cell designed to receive and detain, infiltrate and filter runoff, typically used for discharge from downspouts.