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This article is about installations designed to capture and convey surface runoff along a vegetated channel, whilst also promoting infiltration. <br>

This article is about installations designed to capture and convey surface runoff along a vegetated channel, whilst also promoting infiltration. <br>

For underground conveyance which promotes infiltration, see [[Exfiltration trenches]].

For underground conveyance which promotes infiltration, see [[Exfiltration trenches]].<br>

For conveyance along planted channels, on both surface and underground, see [[Bioswales]].

For conveyance along planted channels, on both surface and underground, see [[Bioswales]].

 

<p><strong>The fundamental components of an enhanced grassed swale are:</strong>

<p><strong>The fundamental components of an enhanced grassed swale are:</strong>

     <ul>

     <ul>

         <li>Graded channel</li>

         <li>Graded channel</li>

         <li>Resilient turf grass</li>

         <li>[[Grasses| Resilient turf grass]]</li>

         <li><li>[[Check dams]] to facilitate short tern ponding</li>

         <li>[[Check dams]], to facilitate short tern ponding</li>

     </ul>

     </ul>

    <strong>Additional components may include:</strong>

<strong>Additional components may include:</strong>

     <ul>

     <ul>

         <li>[[Filter media]] - an engineered soil mix</li>

         <li>[[Absorbent landscapes| Amended soil]], to increase infiltration to soils below</li>

         <li>[[Liner|Impermeable membrane]] to prevent infiltration to soils below</li>

         <li>[[Liner|Impermeable membrane]], to prevent infiltration to soils below</li>

         <li>[[Turf reinforcement]] to prevent scour</li>

         <li>[[Turf reinforcement]], to prevent scour</li>

            </ul>

    </ul>

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