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DEFINITION
a simple description of the element

AKA
bioretention swale, conveyance swale, bioditch

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
length, slope, cross-section area, soil depth

ILLUSTRATION
Bioswale illustration

How to fix the desert and remove salt from the ground with a swale


What's a swale?


CASE STUDIES
High Point, Seattle, Washington
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Washington
Waterworks Gardens, Renton, Washington
Xochimilco Ecological Park, Mexico City, Mexico

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Testing onDavis soil, comprised primarily of lavarock
Testing a Bioswale to Treat and Reduce Parking Lot Runoff