I love a good water feature. Somehow, fountains just make parks and plazas better. So I was interested to read about Sherbourne Common, a new park in Toronto that’s centered around an architecturally and ecologically innovative series of water features.

The park doubles as a stormwater treatment plant. It collects runoff water from around Toronto, runs it through an ultraviolet cleansing processor that purifies it, and then routes it through a series of interesting fountains before releasing it into Lake Ontario.

Turns out the park is one of the centerpieces of a large waterfront redevelopment, not unlike DC’s efforts along the Anacostia River. It seems that urbanistically, Sherbourne Common is pretty comparable to Yards Park.

Here are some pictures, from the City of Toronto’s image gallery.