Stormwater planters: Gallery
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Stormwater planters are ideal for situating alongside buildings to capture rainwater from roof runoffThat potion of the water precipitated onto a catchment area, which 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.. LSRCALake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority headquarters, 2017.
Stormwater planterA vegetated practice that collects and treats stormwater through sedimentation and filtration. Contributions to water cycle/water balance are through evapotranspiration only; no infiltration., treating downspout runoffThat potion of the water precipitated onto a catchment area, which 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., at Waterview Rec Center, Philidelphia
Photo credit: PWD
Rain gardenA lot level bioretention cell designed to receive and detain, infiltrate and filter runoff, typically used for discharge from downspouts., Illick Hall, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
Photo credit: DASonnenfeld
Built in 2014, this stormwater planterA vegetated practice that collects and treats stormwater through sedimentation and filtration. Contributions to water cycle/water balance are through evapotranspiration only; no infiltration. on Central Parkway in Mississauga uses Silva Cells and is functioning well. Photo credit: CVCCredit Valley Conservation
