STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

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Stormwater Planters, Improving Our Environment and Our Neighborhoods | Wilkes East Neighborhood
Stormwater planters are structural landscaped reservoirs used to collect, filter, and/or infiltrate stormwater runoff, allowing pollutants to settle and filter out as the water percolates through the planter soil before infiltrating into the ground below or being piped to its downstream destination.
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Proposed Wastewater System to Transform Valencia Street in La Lengua
Green Street Infrastructure Diagram
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bioswale for stormwater treatment at the Meriwether mixed use development, Portland
Bioswales | National Association of City Transportation Officials
Bioswales as seen in the NATCO Urban Street Design Guide. Click image for full information & guide, and visit the Slow Ottawa 'Streets for Everyone' board for more great design ideas.
Roadside Garden: bioswale projects to restore water cycle in Portland, Oregon
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Ditches
Ditches can be integrated into green verges or the roadside. They look natural but do need extra space and maintenance.
Simple urban rain garden. The openings in the curb and nice landscape make this stormwater management process a beautiful amenity. Located in Portland, OR.
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems can benefit wildlife whilst reducing flood risk. Read more here:
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Atelier GroenBlauw provides a handy typology of sustainable urban design elements.
Berms and Swales for Water Rentention
"Swales are simply shallow, low depressions in the ground designed to encourage the accumulation of rain during storms and hold it for a few hours or days to let it infiltrate into the soil."