{"id":2312,"date":"2021-04-25T21:56:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T01:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2021-04-25T21:56:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T01:56:12","slug":"torontos-newest-stormwater-management-facility-no-its-not-from-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/torontos-newest-stormwater-management-facility-no-its-not-from-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto&#8217;s newest stormwater management facility&#8230;no it&#8217;s not from outer space!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Toronto.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2313\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who knows me knows that I love our environment. I just came across this new building in Toronto and had to learn more about it. Turns out, this strange looking building is actually Toronto&#8217;s newest\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.waterfrontoronto.ca\/nbe\/portal\/wt\/home\/blog-home\/posts\/Toronto-is-getting-the-treatment-it-deserves\" target=\"_blank\">stormwater management facility<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The integrated system protects communities from flooding by safely capturing and conveying stormwater,&#8221; says Waterfront Toronto. &#8220;It also removes pollutants before directing water to the lake, laying the groundwork for a cleaner waterfront that can support sustainable new communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building will have the capacity to treat 1,450 litres of water per second\u00a0exceeding\u00a0the City of Toronto\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/services-payments\/water-environment\/managing-rain-melted-snow\/the-citys-wet-weather-flow-master-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\">guidelines for stormwater treatment<\/a>\u00a0and meeting\u00a0Waterfront Toronto\u2019s broader commitment to protecting and enhancing the natural environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you believe it&#8217;s won awards for best design and is considered one of the coolest buildings? Check it out if you have a chance. It&#8217;s right here in out amazing City near Lakeshore and Cherry Street!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who knows me knows that I love our environment. I just came across this new building in Toronto and had to learn more about it. Turns out, this strange &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/torontos-newest-stormwater-management-facility-no-its-not-from-outer-space\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,758,992,152,757,1645,153,759],"tags":[2453,2450,2458,2457,2452,1657,105,672,126,1082,2456,2451,2454,2455,6,2380,2379],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-designto","category-eco","category-health","category-interior-design","category-science","category-toronto","category-toronto-design","tag-best-deisgn","tag-cherry-street","tag-city-of-toronto","tag-clean-water","tag-coolest-building","tag-environment","tag-green-living","tag-karen-millar","tag-karen-millar-team","tag-lake-ontario","tag-pollutants","tag-stormwater-management-facility","tag-sustainable","tag-sustanability","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-waterfront","tag-waterfront"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2314,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions\/2314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}