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  2. Storm drain - Wikipedia

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    Storm drain grate on a street in Warsaw, Poland Storm drain with its pipe visible beneath it due to construction work. A storm drain, storm sewer (United Kingdom, U.S. and Canada), highway drain, [1] surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces such as paved ...

  3. Retention basin - Wikipedia

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    Storm water is typically channeled to a retention basin through a system of street and/or parking lot storm drains, and a network of drain channels or underground pipes. The basins are designed to allow relatively large flows of water to enter, but discharges to receiving waters are limited by outlet structures that function only during very ...

  4. Beware Dallas: Dangerous, disruptive flash flood threat looms

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    There is the potential for hourly rainfall to exceed 1 inch through Thursday night, which can easily overwhelm storm drains and catch basins, as well as cause dry streambeds to rapidly fill with ...

  5. Detention basin - Wikipedia

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    Detention basins are storm water best management practices that provide general flood protection and can also control extreme floods such as a 1 in 100-year storm event. [2] The basins are typically built during the construction of new land development projects including residential subdivisions or shopping centers.

  6. Infiltration basin - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. 'Beloved' father who was clearing storm drains identified as ...

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    Ketchikan officials identified the victim who died in the landslide as Sean Griffin, a public works employee who was clearing storm drains when the landslide struck.

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