The workshops are part of the Rain City Strategy, which aims to limit the amount of polluted road water run-off going into the ecosystem. The goal of the Rain City Strategy is to capture and clean 90 per cent of rainwater in the city. When moving forward with housing developments, Scholefield said Vancouver's Olympic Village is an exemplary model to follow. That bio wetland is deceptively presented as a little pond frequented by wildlife, but it's actually part of a targeted rain water management system. Also, much of the captured and cleaned rainwater in the Olympic Village is recycled for toilet flushing, she said.

Source: CBC News March 02, 2018 14:00 UTC