Lower Columbia River Field Guide to Water Quality Friendly Development
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Reduced Impervious Surfaces
Narrow or shared driveway
Narrow parking lot spaces
Narrow travel lanes


Permeable Surfaces
Permeable pavement
Permeable pavers
Turf block
Gravel
Cobbles

Roof Systems
Ecoroof
Roof garden

Rainwater Harvesting Systems
Rain Barrels
Cisterns

Landscape Systems
Trees
Contained planter box
Infiltration planter box
Flow-through planter box
Vegetated/grassy swale
Vegetated filter strip
Vegetated infiltration basin
Sand filter


Subsurface Systems
Soakage trench/dry wells/French drain

Conveyance
Downspout disconnection
Curb alternatives


   

Flow Through Planter Box

Site:
Loaves and Fishes Meals on Wheels
Owner:
Loaves and Fishes Centers, Inc.
Address:
7710 SW 31st Ave.
Portland, OR 97219
Contact:
Tom
503.736.6325

  

Comments:
 Loaves and Fishes has integrated a series of flow through planter boxes on two sides of their new building. The flow through planter boxes receive stormwater runoff from the building’s roof through a series of disconnected downspouts. Water is temporarily stored above the soil then slowly filters down through the planter box. Water that isn’t absorbed by the soil or plants is collected in a perforated pipe at the bottom of the planter and routed to a disposal or conveyance system.