14. SWALES

 

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66. KDONIBBA, SA, AUSTRALIA. 67. PUMPENBIL, NSW, AUSTRALIA.
A swale under construction using a side—casting grader in the drylands Swale under construction.

at central southern Australia.

58.
Swale in Number 57 six
months later with
watermelon. sorghum,
corn. cucurbits on the
bank, and taro in the
base.

    

69. VILLAGE HOMES, DAVIS, CA, USA.

Michael Corbett. designer/developer. New swale area being planted.

 

7|]. VILLAGE
HOMES, DAVIS,
CA, USA.

Another swaIe, heavily
shaded by trees which
are nourished by the
swale soakage.
ANDREW JEEVES
surveys the lush
vegetation growing in
what would otherwise
be a desert.

 

71. VILLAGE HOMES. DAVIS, CA, USA.

A gravel—based swale collects water from a suburban road. Because of
extensive swaling Village Homes sits on its own deepening.
soil—stored. water resevoir in a surrounding desert.