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 ...

Many farmers and gardeners have heard the term bio-swale, but the exact definition—much less how and why to build one—is elusive for most. To get right to the point, a bio-swale is basically a fancy ...

In most places in North America, January is the perfect month to embark on a water management and conservation plan for the growing season ahead. There is still plenty of time to observe, prepare and ...

The “swale on Yale” gathers and cleans stormwater runoff from Capitol Hill before it enters Lake Union. This voluntary retrofit of a storm system in a dense urban setting is the first of its kind in ...