View of the existing swale looking towards the input into the wetlands
Bioswale Project
| A group of us (Jennie Morgan, Beth Fry, Amanda Nahlik, Stephanie Lansing,
and Christopher Tomsic) along with some push from Dr. William Mitsch got
together to design a bioswale/vegetated swale to treat parking lot runoff water
that enters the Olentangy River Wetlands. Dr. Mitsch was concerned that the water
that runs off the parking lot (which most likely contains hydrocarbons and a
bunch of other nasty stuff) could potentially do some sort of harm to the
wetlands. Our group organized a 1 credit hour class this quarter (WI06) to
design and ultimately build the swale. At this time, the project is in its
infancy. We have conducted some preliminary site analysis to determine how
we are going to design the swale. Frequent updates will be made to this
page to keep ya'll updated. If anyone feels that they have some good
information to help the group out please email the listserv
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View of swale looking towards the inlet
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View of the existing swale looking towards the input into the wetlands |
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| Here's Amanda taking some measurements of the swale | Aerial View (3 inch pixel resolution) showing bioswale and cross sections | ||
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