The demosite locations are within the drainage basins of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario the most downstream Laurentian Great Lakes shared by Canada and the USA. Regional climate is cold-temperate. The demosite network is managed by the Ecohydrology Research Group of the University of Waterloo in collaboration with municipal (City of Kitchener, Municipality of Waterloo), regional (Toronto and Region Conservation Authority), and national (Environment and Climate Change Canada) agencies.
Ongoing applied research investigates the role of vegetation surrounding stormwater ponds and planted in bioretention cells in co-sequestering nutrients and CO2
An engineering firm is partnering with the research project to tune the hydraulics of bioretention systems to ecosystem service delivery targets
Ongoing applied research focuses on biogeochemical interventions in existing stormwater management systems that improve carbon and nutrient sequestration and GHG reductions (pond design and maintenance regime, amendments, bioremediation).
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