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From bathtubs to wetlands

By Ducks Unlimted CanadaFebruary 1, 2017No Comments1 Min Read

Three years ago, City of Moncton staff visited Winnipeg, Man. to learn how they could integrate wetland-like naturalized stormwater retention basins into communities. © MICHELLE MCALOON, CITY OF MONCTON

Three years ago, a group of City of Moncton staffers boarded a plane, bound for Winnipeg. They were on a fact-finding mission to discover if Moncton, N.B. could evolve from building traditional bathtub-like stormwater retention ponds to incorporating naturalized retention basins in neighbourhoods instead.

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