While Walking Through the Park(ing lot) One Day..
I Came upon a Bioswales
Bioswales are landscape elements designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff water. They consist of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides (less than six percent) and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.[1]:19 The water’s flow path, along with the wide and shallow ditch, is designed to maximize the time water spends in the swale, which aids the trapping of pollutants and silt.
A common application is around parking lots, where substantial automotive pollution is collected by the paving and then flushed by rain. The bioswale, or other type of biofilter, wraps around the parking lot and treats the runoff before releasing it to the watershed or storm sewer. Wikipedia
May there be more Biosweles in the world.
Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge
Happy First Day Of Spring!!!!
That is so interesting. I’d never heard of bioswales, but it sure sounds like a great idea! 🙂
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It’s new to me too. This water goes into the Pascific ocean. It’s so important to keep it clean
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I adore the sign and the sentiment that goes with it. I’d stay off that grass for sure. 😀 Great odd find and photo.
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And at McDonalds! Radical Berkeley fast food. Happy to share. Happy Odd ball Subday.
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Great sign and info Carol. Makes one think a bit more about the environment
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Always happy pass on environmental info. Happy Equinox.
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I wouldn’t have known what it was, just that I wasn’t supposed to walk on it.
janet
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It has been a work in progress for a while. It’s nice to finally know why there was a fence in the middle of a parking lot. And it’s for a good thing…
Carol
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great find…thanks for passing info…I will sound so smart when I tell people about the bioswale…can’t wait!
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So glad to have this passed on. Everything we to keep our water clean is a blessing to us and the planet.
thanks for passing it on 😀
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Happy first day of Spring? Can only mean you are in the northern Hemisphere. In my primary school days I am sure teachers told us that the seasons commenced and ended with equinoxes and solstices. In the intervening years someone has taken it upon themselves to commence season on the first day of March, June, September and December. And EVERY year the media talks about the dry or wet or cold or warm few weeks of the season.. This rant is just saying I agree with you and Happy First day of Autumn for us Down Under.
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