They are perfectly level, unlike ditches, which are sloped to drain water away like a river. Water in a swale soaks into the ground instead of running over it. A carefully-constructed swale ...

The swale, or what neighbors call “the ditch ... easements set aside for that purpose along with some existing drainage ditches. The problem appears to be that those drainage ditches have ...

SOMETIMES WE’LL GET LIKE, UH, SOME WATER BUILD UP ON THE IN THE DITCH ... swales are channels that run along roads, driveways, and parking lots and play a key role in the city's stormwater ...

Pictured are artist renderings of proposed improvements to swales near Davidson’s Restaurant in Lakewood. Swales are low-lying drainage ditches designed to manage water runoff. Submitted photos ...

JACK GOT STUCK IN A DITCH, BUT IPSWICH POLICE ... first responders received a report of a horse that was stuck in a drainage swale at 6 Mill Road.Fire Chief Paul Parisi and Police Chief Paul ...

A horse was rescued on Friday after being stuck in a drainage swale, the Ipswich Police Department ... to pull the animal up out of the ditch. When the sedation wore off, the horse was able ...