Berkeley: McDonald’s Restaurant

Berkeley, McDonald’s, San Pablo Avenue at Harrison. Map.
At the rebuilt McDonald’s fast-food outlet at San Pablo and Harrison Street, just north of Codornices Creek, the drive-through lane loops around a grassy area that traps and purifies polluted runoff.
bioretention area surrounded by McDonald's drive-though lanes
Below left: Lest someone trip, the parking-lot swale is blocked with wires sporting warning signs. Below right: A roof trash enclosure keeps rain from washing pollutants out of garbage and onto pavement. Swale with sign and fence in right background.Warning sign and fence block swale, McDonald's, BerkeleyA covered trash enclosure keeps rain from washing pollutants onto concrete.
Below: A swale along San Pablo Avenue also treats parking-lot runoff.
A swale next to busy San Pablo Avenue treats runoff from the parking lot.