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Urban Runoff: Case Studies
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Bicknell Avenue Green Street
Reopened in May 2009, the 100 block of Bicknell Avenue has been designed to direct water runoff from the street into depressed planted areas (bioswales) and underground infiltration basins to protect the water quality of the Santa Monica Bay.
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Bicknell Avenue Green Street 
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San Vicente Blvd at Ocean Ave
With funding from a grant from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, this project demonstrates the feasibility of using runoff to recharge groundwater for future extraction or store the runoff in cisterns for direct reuse, and reduce dependence on imported water.
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San Vicente Blvd at Ocean Ave
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Montana Ave at Ocean Ave / Wilshire Blvd at Ocean Ave
Opened in the spring of 2007 and early 2008, the Montana Ave and Wilshire Blvd Sub-Watershed Runoff Quality Improvement Projects treat to the maximum extent practicable urban runoff from the north-central portions of the City of Santa Monica, which run from the west to east borders.
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Montana Ave at Ocean Ave / Wilshire Blvd at Ocean Ave
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Santa Monica Main Library
601 Santa Monica Blvd
Runoff from roofs, decks and surface parking areas is collected and piped through 17 downspout filters before entering the 200,000 gallon concrete cistern BMP, which is located beneath the underground parking structure. Downspout filters are capable of removing some pollutants. Stored water is pumped to the library's sub-surface irrigation system.
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Santa Monica Main Library
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502 Colorado Ave
With little open space available at this city-owned multi-family housing project, a BMP was installed in the adjacent alley. All runoff flows into a storage chamber, which is composed of five rows of plastic devices, and extends the entire width and length of the alley adjacent to the building.
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502 Colorado Ave
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Virginia Avenue Park
Reopened in December 2005, Virginia Avenue Park has several BMPs in use. These include Bay Boxes (Santa Monica's term for a filtering or infiltration device that serves to protect the water quality of the Santa Monica Bay) installed along the park perimeter, as well as in other locations near impermeable surfaces like the parking lots.
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Virginia Avenue Park
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Airport Park
3201 Airport Avenue
Opened in 2007, Airport Park was able to implement many BMPs in its construction. The north and south parking losts use permeable asphalt, which allows runoff to pass through the permeable hard surface and in to the sub-surface for infiltration, where soil ecology acts as an effective natural filter.
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Airport Park
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Mar Vista Park: Westside / Centinela
McLaughlin Ave at Palms Blvd in Los Angeles
This project, which operates on gravity flow alone, is capable of treating all dry weather runoff up to 3 cubic feet per second (cfs) and stormwater runoff up to 33 cfs in a 24-hour period. Runoff is diverted out of the Sawtelle Channel by a concrete "speed bump" diversion weir in the floor of the culvert and into the upstream diversion vault, which then flows into a 36 inch diversion pipe to a transverse diversion weir that leads to several BMPs.
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Mar Vista Park: Westside / Centinela
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Last updated: Monday, 07/27/2009
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Rain Barrel & Cistern Rebate Program
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Harvesting rainwater protects the Bay from runoff and makes watering your yard fun. If that's not enough incentive, what about a generous rebate? Would that help?
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