Having drainage issues in your yard, not only causes standing water damage to your grass and the plantings, but it can also be a health hazard. Standing water often holds mosquito larvae and other undesirable pests, so it’s important to correct any yard drainage issues as soon as you notice them. Find out how you can improve water drainage in your landscaping, and around the perimeter of your Omaha home to diver water and prevent it from entering your home, using these tips.
Landscaping For Water Drainage in Omaha
You can turn landscaping for water drainage solutions into features that enhance your yard—and protect natural waterways. Ditches can be landscaped as swales that look like creek beds or small meadows. Gutter water can flow into rain gardens that provide a habitat for butterflies and birds. And driveways, patios, and walkways can be constructed of pervious paving that never puddles because water seeps through.
Swales
Swales are depressions that follow the contour around the base of a slope (natural or created), channeling storm water from one place to another. They filter runoff along the way by allowing it to sink into the soil.
Plants on a swale’s gently sloping banks—and sometimes down the center of the channel itself—take up much of this water. Fast-draining soil is also key. The addition of a perforated pipe laid in gravel underneath can help handle heavy water flow and move water away from your home.
Rain Gardens
Shallow catch basins planted as flower beds, and rain gardens allow water to pool during a downpour, then slowly percolate into the soil. Where a swale is mostly a travel route for water, a rain garden is a destination.
A fast-draining soil mix is a landscape drainage solution that encourages water to sink in and promotes lush plant growth. Runoff may flow into a rain garden from a swale or pipe, or may simply run in from a sloping yard.
Construct a Creek Bed
A creek bed can redirect excess water away from a low spot or divert water into a rain garden or dry well. With the right landscaping, the creek bed will look good even when it’s dry.
You can solve drainage problems and create an attractive landscape feature at the same time with a dry creek bed. Build a creek bed to direct water away from a low spot in your yard. Or if the slope of the ground permits it, use a creek bed to drain a low spot.
Install a French Drain
A French drain is a versatile system for dealing with all kinds of drainage problems. French drains disperse water over a large area through a buried perforated pipe. The pipe must be surrounded by material that allows water to drain through.
Conventionally this was gravel, but NDS sells a system called EZflow that includes the pipe and surrounding polystyrene aggregate in one convenient and lightweight package. A French drain system can be used alone or combined with a dry well to prevent water from pooling and drain water instead.
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