Sentences with phrase «storm water filtration»

With notable features like heat - reflecting roof and windows, low - flow faucets and waterless urinals, self - dimming lights, and storm water filtration, Boston Logan Airport's new Terminal A has become the first airport to be LEED certified.

In addition, the garage was built to LEED Silver certification specifications by incorporating solar panels, preferred parking for carpools and energy efficient vehicles, covered bicycle parking, natural storm water filtration and native, drought tolerant landscaping.

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He pledged to raise $ 1 million with private partners towards a water filtration system to clean drinking water that has become hazardous from storm damage.

Throughout the experiment, they measured the effects of each species mix on three important salt marsh functions: overall grass growth (productivity); the rate of dead plant removal (decomposition); and how fast tidal or storm surge water percolated through the marsh (filtration).

These kids had to build model cities, very detailed, with water catchment areas for storm water, water filtration, thinking about fire hazards.

Constructed wetlands are artificial filtration wetlands, which provide critical animal and plant habitat as well as mitigate impacts of waste water and storm water run - off.

The site will reduce stormwater run - off into the combined storm sewer by 67 percent through the use of bio-swales (also known as rain gardens) which allow storm water to infiltrate back into the ground where, through phytoremediation, the plants contribute to the filtration of the water.