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This report by TRCA highlights the use of the [[ Treatment train tool|Treatment Train Approach]] at Bill Crothers Secondary built back in 2008. The site used to a golf course and was located partially in the Rouge Watershed's floodplain. During the planning process for the school several low impact developments were identified to be used on site that included, [[Bioretention]] areas, [[Enhanced swales]], Constructed [[Wetlands]] and [[Rainwater harvesting]]. To learn more about the design process for the school click the button above.  

This report by TRCA highlights the use of the [[ Treatment train tool|Treatment Train Approach]] at Bill Crothers Secondary built back in 2008. The site used to a golf course and was located partially in the Rouge Watershed's floodplain. During the planning process for the school several low impact developments were identified to be used on site that included, [[Bioretention]] areas, [[Enhanced swales]], Constructed [[Wetlands]] and [[Rainwater harvesting]]. To learn more about the design process for the school click the button above.  

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This report by TRCA found several stormwater management benefits by incorporating several LID principles [[Bioretention]], [[Infiltration trenches]]/[[Infiltration chambers]], and [[Enhanced grass swales]] into sustainable functional design in an underutilized space, now named the 'Bentway' under Toronto's Gardiner Expressway. This allowed for dual functioning of a public recreational area and suitable stormwater management. Read more by clicking the button above.

This study examined the effectiveness of reactive media amendments as a means of enhancing phosphorus retention in a bioretention cell draining a large  parking lot in the City of Vaughan, ON. For testing purposes, the bioretention was divided into three hydrologically distinct cells: one with a high sand, low phosphorus media mix (control); one with a proprietary reactive media (Sorbitve™) mixed into the sandy filter media, and one with a 170 cm layer of iron rich sand (aka red sand) below the sandy filter media. Outflow quantity and quality from each cell was measured directly, while inflows and runoff quality were estimated based on monitoring of an adjacent asphalt reference site over the same time period. Click the button above to find out which of these cells performed the best when it comes to water quality and quantity levels.

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