Rice Bowls Bioswale

Three bowl-shaped stormwater basins next to Rice Hall parking lot were redesigned and constructed to remove the turf and use a diversity of plants to create a diverse habitat and better use the storm water that flowed from the parking lot. These ‘Bioswales’ slow down stormwater, allow filtered water to recharge into the ground and prevent large amounts of polluted water from entering storm drains that flow into Cayuga Lake.