Dear Carol: We have a swale which runs in a long arc through the backyards of all of the houses in this development. Grass covers it and in the spring or during rainy weather it fills with water and ...

The city of Hermiston Street Department announced it is taking reservations for converting grass swales into rock on residential and commercial properties this summer. The grass swales, which are ...

Dublin, Oct. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "United States Stormwater Management Market, By Tools (Grassed Swales, Rain Gardens, Pervious Pavement, Green Roofs and Others), By Segment (Stormwater ...

Highway swales are ditches that collect and carry runoff during rainstorms, providing modest pollutant removal. Traditional turfgrass linings in swales are not effective in areas with shallow ...

North Shore City is introducing a new way of providing stormwater-friendly road edges and drive crossings in an urban environment. Called a "swale", it consists of a shallow mowable grassed ditch at ...

We are witnessing how rainwater flows over concrete gardens, or pavements and other hard surfaces that cover areas that were once covered with grass and vegetation. Rainwater flows over these hard ...

Home buyers on Classic Court in Occoquan were drawn to the bright, roomy new houses when they moved to the cul-de-sac in the spring. They found, however, that a staple of suburban living -- barbecuing ...

A homeowner faces a new fine for an old problem with city-owned swales in front of his home. Tarrell Wallace said runoff from the street eroded thousands of dollars his family spent to avoid fines.

Suburban expansion in Melbourne is putting added pressure on water supplies and watercourses. Phil Charlton, technical director of UK consultancy Hyder in Australia, reports on an environmentally ...