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Little Lake is the local name given to Soil Conservation Services Hickory Creek Basin Retarding Pond #16 (SCS #16) within Denton, Texas and the Trinity River Basin. Originally constructed in 1975 as a retention / detention pond to prevent flooding, the Lake soon exceeded its capacity as a hydraulic infrastructure, attracting wildlife and ...
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 .
It is distinguished from a detention basin, sometimes called a "dry pond", which temporarily stores water after a storm, but eventually empties out at a controlled rate to a downstream water body. It also differs from an infiltration basin which is designed to direct stormwater to groundwater through permeable soils.
Sep. 18—HARLINGEN — The city's new drainage crew along with millions in grant-funded upgrades are helping to curb flooding amid late summer rains. Last year, city commissioners approved ...
A settling basin, settling pond or decant pond is an earthen or concrete structure using sedimentation to remove settleable matter and turbidity from wastewater. The basins are used to control water pollution in diverse industries such as agriculture , [ 1 ] aquaculture , [ 2 ] and mining .
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.
Also known as the shipping ton. A measure of volume used for shipments of freight in large vehicles, trains or ships. In the USA, it is equivalent to 40 cubic feet. 1.0 MTON (1.1 m 3) Imperial: imperial barrel: impbbl imp bbl 1.0 imp bbl (160 L; 36 imp gal; 43 US gal) kilderkin: kilderkin (none) 1.0 kilderkin (82 L; 18 imp gal; 22 US gal) firkin
The problem began in 2023 when a flood revealed that the land beneath four homes in the neighborhood — including Sturgon's — was originally a retention pond designed to protect the community ...