To architects and builders, water can be the enemy. This is especially true with uncontrolled moisture penetration by torrential rains causing flooding and damage to our homes. And yet, water is one ...

Pat Hermés loves a garden project. None, she says, has been more fun than the iris swale she created. A swale, a pretty word for ditch or trench, carries and slows runoff water, improving its ...

We are witnessing how rainwater flows over concrete gardens, or pavements and other hard surfaces that cover areas that were once covered with grass and vegetation. Rainwater flows over these hard ...

PALM COAST — A prelude to a $56.6-million, six-year plan to revamp Palm Coast’s aging stormwater drainage infrastructure will get underway next week, according to information released Wednesday by the ...

The “swale on Yale” gathers and cleans stormwater runoff from Capitol Hill before it enters Lake Union. This voluntary retrofit of a storm system in a dense urban setting is the first of its kind in ...