To architects and builders, water can be the enemy. This is especially true with uncontrolled moisture penetration by torrential rains causing flooding and damage to our homes. And yet, water is one ...

If your driveway floods in heavy rains, upgrade its edge with a natural and affordable feature that will direct the rainwater ...

Pat Hermés loves a garden project. None, she says, has been more fun than the iris swale she created. A swale, a pretty word for ditch or trench, carries and slows runoff water, improving its ...

The “swale on Yale” gathers and cleans stormwater runoff from Capitol Hill before it enters Lake Union. This voluntary retrofit of a storm system in a dense urban setting is the first of its kind in ...