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Green Infrsstructure	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 6

Bioswale

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Dallas, Texas

The 180,000 square foot Perot
Museum of Nature and Science
was built on a former 4.7 acre
brownfield site and designed as
a physical manifestation of the
museum's goal and mission to
"inspire minds through nature
and science."

Located in the museum's parking
lot at the lowest point of the site
is a bioswale planted with native
grasses and trees which is used to
filter runoff prior to storage and
reuse. A 50,000 gallon rainwater
harvesting system, which includes
a 25,000 gallon below-grade
cistern, captures site run-off,
collects HVAC condensate and
provides complete site irrigation
and toilet flushing year-round.

The Perot Museum of Nature and
Science site has both LEED Gold
and Green Globes certification
and was one of 250 pilot program
participants in the Sustainable
Sites Initiative.

Project Point of Contact:
Mr. Coy Talley
Talley Associates
1925 San Jacinto, Suite 400
Dallas, Texas 75201
214-871-7900
ctalley@talleyassociates.com

EPA Region 6 seeks to provide information and recognition for green infrastructure
United StatGs	projects within our Region. If you would like your project featured, please contact

Environmental Protection	Suzanna Perea at 214-665-7217 or perea.suzanna@epa.gov.

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