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  2. Stormwater - Wikipedia

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    In undisturbed areas with natural subsurface drainage, soil and rock fragments choke karst openings thereby being a self-limitation to the growth of openings. [13]: 189–190, 196 The undisturbed karst drainage system becomes balanced with the climate so it can drain the water produced by most storms. However, problems occur when the landscape ...

  3. Bioswale - Wikipedia

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    They consist of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides (less than 6%). [2]: 19 Bioswale design is intended to safely maximize the time water spends in the swale, which aids the collection and removal of pollutants, silt and debris. Depending on the site topography, the bioswale channel may be straight or meander.

  4. Why turning cities into ‘sponges’ could help fight flooding

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    The sea wall was reshaped to accommodate terraced planters, while the fish farm’s ponds and dikes were turned into a mangrove habitat. Inland, porous green space helps slow the flow of water and ...

  5. Swale (landform) - Wikipedia

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    In this context a swale is usually a water-harvesting ditch on contour, also called a contour bund. [4] [5] A natural swale. Swales as used in permaculture are designed by permaculturalists to slow and capture runoff by spreading it horizontally across the landscape (along an elevation contour line), facilitating runoff infiltration into the soil.

  6. Daylighting (streams) - Wikipedia

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    The project built bioswales, landscape elements intended to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff water and planted 100 evergreen trees and 1,100 shrubs. [5] From 2001 to 2003, the project reduced the volume of stormwater leaving the street in a two-year storm event by 98%. [ 6 ]

  7. Retention basin - Wikipedia

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    Storm water is typically channeled to a retention basin through a system of street and/or parking lot storm drains, and a network of drain channels or underground pipes.. The basins are designed to allow relatively large flows of water to enter, but discharges to receiving waters are limited by outlet structures that function only during very large storm eve

  8. How Often to Water Pansies for a Vibrant Display, According ...

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    Water in the morning to give the soil time to dry out before cooler evening temperatures set in. "A cool, moist, and dark environment quickly leads to botrytis.

  9. Catchwater - Wikipedia

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    Catchwater drains may take the form of concrete canals, such as in Hong Kong, where there are many.Alternatively, they may take the form of a large concrete sheet, smothering a hill, and preventing rainfall from entering the rock strata, with a smaller channeling system for transport of the water to the storage tank - this latter system is in operation in Gibraltar.

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