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 ...

The concrete ditch — which the city of San Diego calls a brow ditch and resident Purushotham Kotha calls a swale — runs east-west behind a cul-de-sac in the 7100 block (north end) of La Jolla ...

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 ...

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 ...

Firefighters and police officers in Ipswich rescued a horse on Friday after it got stuck in a ditch.Just after noon ... of a horse that was stuck in a drainage swale at 6 Mill Road.Fire Chief ...