With money and coordination from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Altius team members made use of a
Bioswale filtration system to mitigate harm from storm water.
Additionally, the building will include solar panels on the roof and over the parking area and
bioswale gardens at its base to treat and retain storm water.
One such cost-effective and resilient approach is the
bioswale. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines
bioswales as "vegetated, mulched or xeriscaped channels that provide treatment and retention as they move stormwater from one place to another."
An extra $500,000 is needed to provide reinforced concrete around the
bioswale planters required by the city to treat stormwater runoff, McGlone said.
Another grant was awarded for the creation of a school "
bioswale," a landscape drainage feature that removes pollutants from surface runoff water.
* Installing
bioswale natural water drainage to retain storm water runoff and decrease flooding
Under an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, Rochester, N.Y., builder Atlantic Funding & Real Estate will pay a $50,000 penalty for stormwater control rule violations at its Gateway Landing development, and invest nearly $70,000 in a
bioswale to filter silt and pollution from the site's contaminated runoff into the Erie Canal.
These elements could include a green roof on an office building, a rain garden in a front yard, a
bioswale in a parking lot, or a road with permeable pavement.
INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN: In the spring of 2012 ChemTrack designed and built an Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation-approved
bioswale system at the Delta Western gas station in Haines.
At the edge of the open space corridor is a
bioswale, which acts to limit urban runoff, nutrients and pollutants from disturbing and damaging the contiguous open space and gardens.
This water flows through a
bioswale and then a rough 50-micron filter before being used for landscaping, irrigation and flushing toilets.
Safeway employs
bioswale filtration to filter storm water.