But on the west side, the curb has cutouts to let stormwater into a 6-foot swale planted with native plants. Next to that is a 5-foot sidewalk made from the pervious concrete. The green treatment ...

The group points out the use of pervious concrete is among EPA's Best Management Practices for managing stormwater runoff, and eliminates the need for retention ponds, swales and other stormwater ...

Though not yet fully operational, the system is designed to direct stormwater through a network of concrete catchment areas, engineered hillsides, and bioengineered swales. Once the swales fill up ...

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 ...

Usually, that means laying down concrete pavers that have about one ... which is when runoff is directed toward a swale in the landscape that then seeps into the ground and is carried away more ...

SEBASTIAN — When it rains heavily here, the city's more than 50 miles of swales and ditches are challenged to handle stormwater runoff, a problem City Manager Joe Griffin is determined to solve.

“The project will collect stormwater runoff from the road and convey it to the ... The project includes building a four-foot wide concrete swale to collect runoff and installing drainage pipes under ...