{"id":160,"date":"2011-07-19T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/place-bmping-waterview-recreation-center\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T11:39:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:39:14","slug":"place-bmping-waterview-recreation-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/place-bmping-waterview-recreation-center\/","title":{"rendered":"This Place Is BMPing: Waterview Recreation Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Each week, we profile a BMP\u2014short for Best Management Practices\u2014to demonstrate how local businesses, organizations and neighbors are helping to keep our streams and rivers clean by managing stormwater on their property.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/static\/waterview_pwd.jfif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Multiple BMPs at Waterview Recreation Center in East Germantown make this site a study in the different approaches to urban stormwater management. The <strong>porous concrete sidewalk <\/strong>in front of the recreation center allows for infiltration of stormwater. Where porous concrete did not replace traditional impervious sidewalk, <strong>stormwater tree trenches<\/strong> planted with turf grass and street trees also help capture stormwater.<\/p>\n<p>The porous concrete\/tree trench system is also connected to <strong>modified inlets<\/strong>, which convey runoff from the street into the infiltration beds. And finally, two <strong>flow-through planters<\/strong> (pictured above) collect stormwater from the main building&rsquo;s roof; water flows from the partially disconnected roof leader to a concrete splash block, then into the waterproofed planter boxes landscaped with native plants. Any overflow is directed back into the city&rsquo;s sewer system.<\/p>\n<p>PWD partnered with Meliora Environmental Design and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society for the Waterview Recreation Center project, a demonstration of how green infrastructure can work even with limited space and funding.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about this stormwater BMP project, find it on a map and view photos at the Temple-Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csc.temple.edu\/t-vssi\/BMPSurvey\/waterview.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple BMPs at Waterview Recreation Center in East Germantown make this site a study in the different approaches to urban stormwater management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"custom_css":"","custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,51,75,95],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-green-city-clean-waters","tag-green-infrastructure","tag-infrastructure-investment","tag-project-update","tag-stormwater","wpautop"],"acf":{"suggested":null},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/phila.gov\/blog\/place-bmping-waterview-recreation-center\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"This Place Is BMPing: Waterview Recreation Center","url":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/place-bmping-waterview-recreation-center\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/place-bmping-waterview-recreation-center\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Community","author":[],"creator":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"@PhillyH2O Blog","logo":""},"keywords":["green city\u201a clean waters","green infrastructure","infrastructure investment","project update","stormwater"],"dateCreated":"2011-07-19T14:21:00Z","datePublished":"2011-07-19T14:21:00Z","dateModified":"2023-01-13T16:39:14Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"This Place Is BMPing: Waterview Recreation Center\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/place-bmping-waterview-recreation-center\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/place-bmping-waterview-recreation-center\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Community\",\"author\":[],\"creator\":[],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"@PhillyH2O Blog\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"green city\\u201a clean waters\",\"green infrastructure\",\"infrastructure investment\",\"project update\",\"stormwater\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2011-07-19T14:21:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-19T14:21:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-13T16:39:14Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/phila.gov\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}