Sentences with phrase «constructed swales»

Along with porous paving and a series of constructed swales, the living roof will slow and filter stormwater run - off, making expensive technical controls, and even regulations, unnecessary.

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«In addition to encouraging the use of rain storage tanks, builders would be required to use other low - cost and sensible water management methods; these include simple measures, like diverting rainfall to gardens, constructed infiltration swales, mulch and permeable pavement, all of which will help to sustainably direct the rain directly where it falls.

There, on a formerly shopworn industrial site, newly planted trees, a ten - acre living roof, and a series of constructed wetlands and swales are restoring soil, creating habitat, and revitalizing the landscape while effectively filtering stormwater runoff for $ 35 million less than conventional technical methods.

Ford Motor Company, for example, has employed a living roof and constructed wetlands and swales to manage stormwater runoff at its restored Rouge River manufacturing site.

In concert with porous paving and a series of constructed wetlands and swales, the living roof will slow and filter stormwater run - off, obviating the need for expensive technical controls, and even regulations.