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photos of swales

Photos, from left to right, of dry swale, wet swale, and step pool. Images courtesy of Limnotech.

flowchart for swale terminology

Flowchart used to determine type of swale. Click on image to enlarge.

Swales are stormwater conveyance systems that may provide pollutant and volume removal treatment, depending on design. They are typically vegetated. They include dry swales, wet swales, and step-pools.

This category contains links to photos of swales.

Dry swale (Grass swale)
Wet swale (wetland channel)
High-gradient stormwater step-pool swale (step pool with underdrain)

Media in category "Level 3 - General information, reference, tables, images, and archives/Images/Swale photos"

The following 32 files are in this category, out of 32 total.

2-stormwater-step-pool-LimnoTech.jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 7.77 MB
4-stormwater-step-pool-LimnoTech.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 7.29 MB
Concrete check dams.jpg 1,650 × 928; 595 KB
Dry and wet swales.png 973 × 325; 856 KB
Dry swale figure 1.png 926 × 305; 682 KB
Dry swale figure 3.jpg 590 × 391; 42 KB
Dry swale figure 4.png 1,172 × 565; 1.54 MB
Dry swale infiltration area excavated and finished with hand tools.png 676 × 506; 839 KB
Dry swale with check dam inlet pipe.png 528 × 354; 433 KB
Dry swale with check dams complete with trees.png 694 × 456; 762 KB
Dry swale with check dams complete with.png 694 × 456; 762 KB
Dry swale with underdrain.jpg 1,650 × 929; 582 KB
Dry swale.jpg 773 × 485; 117 KB
Erosion control mat used to protect swale side slopes.jpg 510 × 354; 47 KB
Established stormwater swale at Empire WWTF.PNG 443 × 310; 316 KB
Figure for screening straining practices.jpg 670 × 669; 121 KB
Highway swale 2.png 344 × 259; 234 KB
Highway swale.png 341 × 248; 206 KB
Partial excavation for future dry swale.png 620 × 462; 864 KB
Pretreatment inlet structure to dry swale with check dam.png 603 × 355; 421 KB
Silt fence used to protect swale .jpg 501 × 381; 61 KB
Step pool figure 3.jpg 441 × 702; 118 KB
Step pool.jpg 639 × 480; 112 KB
Swale at Lino Lakes city hall.jpg 1,024 × 768; 1.02 MB
Swale city of Woodbury.jpg 1,024 × 768; 760 KB
Vegetated swale city of Wayzata.jpg 960 × 1,280; 1 MB
Wet swale figure 1.jpg 616 × 413; 79 KB
Wet swale figure 3.jpg 612 × 352; 37 KB
Wet swale figure 4.jpg 673 × 524; 47 KB
Wet swale figure 5.jpg 877 × 658; 93 KB
Wet swale figure 6.jpg 957 × 640; 160 KB
Wet swale.jpg 602 × 453; 85 KB

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