{"id":169,"date":"2011-07-29T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/place-bmping-thomas-jefferson-university-plaza\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T11:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:03:38","slug":"place-bmping-thomas-jefferson-university-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/place-bmping-thomas-jefferson-university-plaza\/","title":{"rendered":"This Place Is BMPing: Thomas Jefferson University Plaza"},"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<div class=\"center caption\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csc.temple.edu\/t-vssi\/images\/survey_BMP\/jefferson\/Jeffersonplaza_big.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/static\/jeffersonplaza.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image: Andropogon Associates, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The plaza outside Thomas Jefferson University&#8217;s Dorrance H. Hamilton Building (located between 10th and 11th; Locust and Walnut streets) is an example of green stormwater infrastructure that&#8217;s barely visible to the naked eye. The system constructed here collects water from the building&rsquo;s roof and air conditioner condensation and stores it in a cistern underneath the plaza. Just one inch of stormwater is enough to water the 1.6-acre plaza&rsquo;s plants and trees for a week. Click on the image above for a larger version.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about this stormwater BMP project, find it on a map and view photos at\u00a0 the Temple-Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csc.temple.edu\/t-vssi\/BMPSurvey\/jefferson_plaza.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plaza outside Thomas Jefferson University&#8217;s Dorrance H. 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