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Dry pond on brook to reduce floods, near Děčín, Czech Republic. A detention basin or retarding basin is an excavated area installed on, or adjacent to, tributaries of rivers, streams, lakes or bays to protect against flooding and, in some cases, downstream erosion by storing water for a limited period of time.
Virginia retention basin standards Archived 2006-02-11 at the Wayback Machine; Detention vs. retention – Harris County, Texas Flood Control District; Stormwater Ecological Enhancement Project Archived 2005-10-25 at the Wayback Machine – University of Florida; The use of retention ponds in residential settings
A stormwater detention vault is an underground structure designed to manage excess stormwater runoff on a developed site, often in an urban setting. This type of best management practice may be selected when there is insufficient space on the site to infiltrate the runoff or build a surface facility such as a detention basin or retention basin .
Retention basins are used to manage stormwater runoff to prevent flooding and downstream erosion, and improve water quality in an adjacent river, stream, lake or bay. Detention basins are similar but are "dry ponds" designed to temporarily hold runoff as a flood control measure.
Recently completed infiltration basin for stormwater collection. An infiltration basin (or recharge basin) is a form of engineered sump [1] or percolation pond [2] that is used to manage stormwater runoff, prevent flooding and downstream erosion, and improve water quality in an adjacent river, stream, lake or bay.
This is likely due to eminent domain laws, which allow the state government to take property for public use—in Sturgon's case, for a retention pond. Now, the family is coming to terms with leaving.
Jul. 25—After some heated discussion about placing a storm water retention pond near the city pool parking lot in the Albert Lea City Council's work session Monday, the council voted 6-1 during ...
Sediment basin installed on a construction site. A sediment basin is a temporary pond built on a construction site to capture eroded or disturbed soil that is washed off during rain storms, and protect the water quality of a nearby stream, river, lake, or bay.