The victory in the Swale was the fourth in five starts for Drain the Clock, whose only loss came in November at Delta Downs when jockey Heriberto Figueroa was unseated in the Jean Lafitte Stakes ...

Grassy swales are similar to shallow ditches ... Dry wells are much like yard drains, but instead of discharging externally, the water moves into an underground holding tank.

This reduces the cost of drainage. By allowing rainwater ... The water is kept in the area for about 48 hours before discharging it into waterways. A swale system slows down the flow of runoff ...

They won't work at the top of slopes, they need somewhere to discharge ... one of the cheapest alternatives to a French drain ...

inch. The second option was to install a field drain at the bottom of the natural swale at the property line. This catch basin would have connected to buried drain pipe that transported the water ...

They are perfectly level, unlike ditches, which are sloped to drain water away like a river. Water in a swale soaks into the ground instead of running over it. A carefully-constructed swale ...

Homeowners who signed a Right of Entry Agreement, give the city permission to enter in and onto the premises of those affected by the ongoing problem to build a grassy drainage swale that can ...

To handle storm runoff on the east side, the corps awarded a $3 million contract to Healtheon, Inc. to build a swale with inlets that connect to underground drainage pipes. The drainage project ...

Q: Recently, my neighbor made a swale through his land to gather rainwater ... rule” that recognizes natural servitudes for natural drainage between adjoining properties. This means that a ...