Biofiltration basins, and the plants that grow within them, play an important role in Philadelphia’s stormwater management. A group of Temple researchers has been collecting data on basins and their plants since 2017. Pictured from left to right: Joni Baumgarten, Sasha Eisenman, Laura Toran, Josh Caplan and Abdullah Al-Amin.
Joseph V. Labolito
Motorists driving through Philadelphia may notice greenspaces, called bioretention basins, scattered along I-95. There are dozens of them, each one filled with a variety