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This article is about planted installations designed to capture and infiltrate some or all of the stormwater received.
[[Bioretention]] refers to vegetated stormwater practices that temporarily store roof and pavement runoff in depressed planting beds or vertical-walled structures.
Depending on native soil infiltration rate and physical constraints, the facility may be designed without an underdrain for full infiltration, with an underdrain for partial infiltration, or with an impermeable liner and underdrain for filtration only (i.e., a stormwater planter or biofilter) design.
Bioretention can be adapted to fit into many different development contexts and provides a convenient area for snow storage and treatment.
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<br> This article is about full and partial infiltration design variations that capture and infiltrate some or all of the stormwater received.
<br> For simple systems, without underdrains or storage reservoirs (typically found in residential settings), see [[Rain gardens]].
<br> For simple systems, without underdrains or storage reservoirs (typically found in residential settings), see [[Rain gardens]].
<br> For linear systems that have a gradually sloping filter media bed and convey flow, but are otherwise similar to bioretention, see [[Swales|Bioswales]].
<br> For linear systems that have a gradually sloping filter media bed and convey flow, but are otherwise similar to bioretention, see [[Bioswales]].
<br> For planted systems that do not infiltrate water, see [[Stormwater planters]].
<br> For planted systems that do not infiltrate water, see [[Stormwater planters]].