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I am all too familiar with swales, as we had several of these manmade lumps of land eroding after a few years in our new construction neighborhood. Some in our neighborhood are done for water run off, others to create a more private environment.
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
3,587,960
Ok so we know what they are but here's my answer! It's a big mug of beer in a pub!
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
1,239,901
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A swale is a low tract of land, especially one that is moist or marshy. The term can refer to a natural landscape feature or a human-created one. Artificial swales are often designed to manage water runoff, filter pollutants, and increase rainwater infiltration.
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
2,675
A swale is a low-lying area, some resemble ditches will others are simply an area declining in grade. Swales are often made to managerun-off, direct water and to filter pollutants.
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
900,128
3,071,489
3,345,091
3,416,038
When i bought my house it is one of the first things I had to do. A swale (a landscaping term) works great in moving water away from ones home.
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
823,579
We purchased a home in TN with a swale in the back yard and I didn't like the unevenness, but it was an effective way to manage the water runoff.
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
5,216,409
Very common in Florida! Usually between homes!
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
4,572,183
1,661,936
1,725,996
Low drainage ditch that make good fishin' at certain times of the year
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
7,836,164
Thanks for sharing this information. Home owners need to make sure the water is running away from their home.
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
529,983
When our house was built, the landscaper incorporated a very tasteful swale into our backyard. Our lot is critical to the diversion and drainage of water for four other lots, and the landscaper warned us "Never mess with the swale!"
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
4,319,419
Barbara Todaro - I would have guessed this pretty close to what it means...
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
1,502,998
Very cool! I would not have guessed this!
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
3,986,258
6,393,609
Those that I have created were all for drainage.
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
2,362,977
1,617,916
2,684,109
864,658
Another word has been added to my vocabulary. Thanks for the word of the day.
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
711,852
A swale is used in construction to keep water runoff contained on the property. We had a city code change a few years ago and now all the landscaping in new construction has these huge craters.
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
3,988,007
It is a small valley created to redirect water. It is usually used between houses to prevent water from being forced onto someone else's property and directed to the streets or storm drains.
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
1,231,853
5,772,575
Barbara,
Looks like we all know the answer. A
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
911,338
4,800,082