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Building the rain garden, otherwise known as a bioretention cell, is expected to create 15 to
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Rain gardens, also known as bioretention areas, were pioneered in Prince George's County,
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Consider that many regulatory jurisdictions require the provision of "functional landscapes" with canopy trees in landscape islands and buffer strips in and around parking lots to provide not only shade and screening, but biologic bioretention stormwater management systems to mitigate impacts of large expanses of impervious pavement.
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Over the past two decades, bioretention technologies have been used in the Chesapeake Bay watershed with some success.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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To achieve these results, they've re-engineered bioretention projects, also known as rain gardens - special strips of greenery that capture and filter storm runoff before it enters the watershed.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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# WATER CONSERVATION: Treated runoff from bioretention strips will be collected by a solar sump pump and cistern.
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To achieve these results, they've re-engineered bioretention projects, also known as rain gardens - special strips of greenery that capture and filter storm runoff before it enters the watershed.
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WATER CONSERVATION: Treated runoff from bioretention strips will be collected by a solar sump pump and cistern.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Over the past two decades, bioretention technologies have been used in the Chesapeake Bay watershed with some success.
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# ENHANCED BIORETENTION FOR PHOSPHOROUS REMOVAL: Existing projects will be retrofit and new bioretention strips constructed.
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