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This article is about planted installations designed to capture <strong>and convey</strong> surface runoff through an engineered soil with subterranean infrastructure. <br>

This article is about planted installations designed to capture <strong>and convey</strong> surface runoff through an engineered soil with subterranean infrastructure.  

 

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===Overview===

===Overview===

<p>Bioswales are linear landscape features consisting of a drainage channel with gently sloping sides. Underground they are filled with engineered soil and a water storage layer of coarse gravel material.  <br>

<p>Swales are linear landscape features consisting of a drainage channel with gently sloping sides. Underground they are filled with engineered soil and a water storage layer of coarse gravel material.  <br>

They are sometimes referred to as 'dry swales', 'vegetated swales', 'water quality swales' or 'inline bioretention'.   

They are sometimes referred to as 'dry swales', 'vegetated swales', 'water quality swales' or 'inline bioretention'.   

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{{TextBox|1=Bioswales are an ideal technology for:  

{{TextBox|1=Swales are an ideal technology for:  

*Sites with long linear landscaped areas, such as parking lots

*Sites with long linear landscaped areas, such as parking lots

*Connecting with one or more other types of LID}}

*Connecting with one or more other types of LID}}

<p><strong>The fundamental components of a bioretention cell are:</strong>

 

 

 

<p><strong>The fundamental components of a swale are:</strong>

*Biomedia - an engineered soil mix

*Biomedia - an engineered soil mix

*Planting  

*Planting