{"id":3685,"date":"2026-09-18T20:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delavanlibrary.org\/site\/?p=3685"},"modified":"2026-09-18T20:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:48:24","slug":"bioretention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delavanlibrary.org\/site\/bioretention\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioretention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our architects designed a bioretention area near the outdoor patio. \u00a0This type of stormwater management helps to capture the stormwater, filter the water using vegetation with ultimate break down of organic pollutants, etc. \u00a0Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/topic\/Stormwater\/learn_more\/photos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin DNR.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our architects designed a bioretention area near the outdoor patio. \u00a0This type of stormwater management helps to capture the stormwater, filter the water using vegetation with ultimate break down of organic pollutants, etc. \u00a0Learn more at Wisconsin DNR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[14,33],"class_list":["post-3685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expansion-update","tag-expansion","tag-exterior"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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