Page 18 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - September '19

Page 18, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Northern Notes

Streets, Swales And is expected? Your neighborhood lake’s water level may seem to to settle out of the water. Ponding facilitates water quality

Stormwater Management rise alarmingly, but that’s not likely to last. If the system in your improvements through infiltration, filtration and sedimentary
neighborhood is working properly, levels will return to normal
deposition. Collected stormwater is expected to drain away
soon after the rain has stopped. A heavier, more widespread and through the soil within several hours or days. When the swale
By O’Neal Bardin, Jr., longer-lasting storm will require more time for local, secondary becomes full, the cleaner surface water will spill over the berm
Executive Director, and regional systems to absorb the excess water. Because these and slowly run into a local water body. Eventually, the remaining
Northern Palm Beach flood control systems are connected, what’s happening upstream ponded water will either evaporate or infiltrate into the soil.
County Improvement or downstream from your neighborhood also has an impact. Maintain Proper Swales
District Keep It Clear • Let water pond. Runoff should temporarily pond in the swale
Streets Many stormwater blockages in streets occur due to clogged for 24 to 36 hours, sometimes even up to 72 hours.
Streets are an important storm sewer inlets. If there is an inlet in the street adjacent to • Mow the swale but keep it at a good grass growth. Tall grass
part of Northern Palm your home, residents are asked to keep this drain clear of all slows water movement.
Beach County Improvement obstructions including leaves, grass and debris. Debris at storm • Remove and compost leaves and grass clippings from
District’s overall Stormwater sewer inlets also build up after a storm event, which is a good swales.
Management System. Both the time to check the inlet to make sure that the system will work • Minimize use of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides within
storm sewers located below well in the next storm. 50 feet of a swale.
the street, ditches or swales Too Deep To Drive? • Do not pile garbage, trash, leaves, limbs or garden debris in
located along the street, and the roadway itself serve to convey If during or after a rain event you arrive upon a roadway swales— this adds pollutants which can wash into downstream
stormwater to designed locations. At times blockages can occur, where you cannot determine the depth of the water in the street waters.
which can cause undesired flooding conditions that may cause – for your own safety – do not drive down the street. Find an • Do not pave the swale — this reduces the filtration and
roads to become impassable. It is important to understand the alternate route. infiltration of runoff.
basics of how streets are used to convey stormwater, in order to Swales • Do not park vehicles in the swale— this compacts the soil so
identify when problems may occur. Chances are if you’ve lived in South Florida long enough, less runoff soaks in. It also destroys the vegetation in the swale
Streets And Stormwater Management you’ve heard at least one person refer to a “swale.” A swale that is needed to filter the pollutants out of the water.
Many streets are designed and built with curb and gutter along is a graded and engineered grassy area of land appearing as a • Do not alter the design of the swale. Any changes will require
the street and with storm sewers underneath the pavement. The linear, shallow, open channel, that stretches from the edge of the a permit as they may affect drainage.
curbs and gutters direct stormwater from the pavement into the sidewalk in front of homes (or the property line if there is no Please keep in mind that there is a direct link between what
storm sewers. These storm sewers not only collect water from sidewalk) to the edge of the street. Swales are typically vegetated we do around our home and the water quality of our canals,
the roadway, but also connect to other drainage systems to collect with flood tolerant, erosion resistant plants. Swales are one of ponds, lakes and wetlands.
water from yards and subdivisions and transport the stormwater the most commonly used stormwater practices. For many years, NPDES tip: It is important to never dump any debris,
to lakes, canals and other outlets. swales have been used to direct runoff from rural highways and including but not limited to landscape waste, garbage or
Did you know that in very heavy rains, some water standing residential streets. Today, swales not only direct stormwater but chemicals into a storm sewer inlet. While bulky materials can
in streets or swales is part of the flood control design plan and also help filter runoff and reduce pollutants. cause flooding, chemicals and other wastes that are dumped
A swale slows down the rapid flow of stormwater runoff by into a storm sewer eventually drain into lakes and canals, which
Illustrated Properties ponding water between its sloping sides, often called berms. The threaten fish and wildlife and pollute the water. Please check our
ponding not only slows the rate of flow but allows pollutants
website for information regarding illegal dumping.
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