Michael Van Valkenburg’s New Toronto Park is a Stormwater Treatment Plant in Disguise

Michael Van Valkenburg’s New Toronto Park is a Stormwater Treatment Plant in Disguise
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The park is designed as a “cistern” that stores and treats stormwater to protect the surrounding neighborhood from flooding. This is done through natural elements like plantings, bioswales, a landscaped berm, and a living marsh. But the play areas do their part as well. Water used at the large splash pad, for example, is treated and then directed back through the marsh.

August 20, 2014 | Categories: Architecture, Blue Infrastructure, Government, Gray Infrastructure, Green Architecture, Green Infrastructure, Green Technology, Infrastructure, Innovation, Landscape Maintenance, Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Quality, Sustainability, Urban Planning | Tags: Bioswales, Cistern, Flooding, Landscaped Berm, Living Marsh, Michael Van Valkenburg, Natural Elements, Neighborhood, Park, Plantings, Stormwater, Stormwater Treatment Plant, Toronto | Leave a comment