Excellent article on stormwater management!
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#ClimateChange #UrbanHeat #Ecology #WaterSensitive #Design #Bioswale #Resilience #SmartCities #Stuttgart
#SaveWater #Gardening
🌷Biodegradable #Mulche benefits soil also
compost, manure, leaf mold, wood chip, straw, seaweed
🌷Irrigation sys as #DripPipe, #SoakerHose, eg @dripirri11.bsky.social's
🌷 #Raingardens w/ Water on site, eg #Bioswale collects #Stormwater runoff, slowly soaks it back into ground
The Longwood Collective announces the groundbreaking on a new #Bioswale pilot project. Goals: capture rainwater, support resilient plantings, and replace trees that have reached the end of their lifecycle—all small but meaningful steps toward a greener, healthier neighborhood.
"The #bioswale itself, which mirrors the path of a long-buried stream, cost about $1.6M to build (+ $4.6M for regular street costs such as repaving, rebuilding the sidewalk, etc.). But...it saved the city from having to do $16M in sewer pipe upgrades in a neighbourhood previously prone to #flooding"
Northlake Commons' #bioswale is designed to filter 2.6million gallons of polluted water every year, allowing dirty roadway runoff to enter & be cleansed of harmful toxins before reaching Lake Union. Watching the water flow through it is amazing! #seattle #stormwater #landscape #architecture
“A single #bioswale can handle up to 2,200 gallons of water during a storm”
Whoa! 🤯 (Also click the link all the way at the end to tell Kathy Hochul you support #congestionpricing)
A #CTVMontreal article today on the success of #SpongeParks and flooding control structures during this week's extreme rain event, by Alice Martin.
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#Montreal #bioswale #greenInfrastructure #floodManagement