detention basins

  • 1Detention basin — A detention basin is a stormwater management facility installed on, or adjacent to, tributaries of rivers, streams, lakes or bays that is designed to protect against flooding and, in some cases, downstream erosion by storing water for a limited… …

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  • 2Clark County Regional Flood Control District — The Clark County Regional Flood Control District (CCRFCD) was created in 1985 by the Nevada Legislature allowing Clark County to provide broad solutions to flooding problems. The District has developed plans and so far successfully continued… …

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  • 3environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction       infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …

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  • 4Eschol Park, New South Wales — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Eschol Park city = Sydney state = nsw lga = City of Campbelltown postcode = 2558 est = 1978 pop = 2,797 (2001) stategov = Camden fedgov = Macarthur near nw = Catherine Field near n = Kearns near ne …

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  • 5G. V. Loganathan — Infobox Scientist name = G. V. Loganathan image size = 125 × 163 pixels caption = Prof. G. V. Loganathan birth date = April 8, 1954 birth place = flagicon|India Karatadipalayam, Gobichettipalayam Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India death date = death date… …

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  • 6Nationwide Urban Runoff Program — Map showing locations of 28 NURP projects The Nationwide Urban Runoff Program (NURP) is a research project conducted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) between 1979 and 1983. It was the first comprehensive study of urban stormwater… …

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  • 7New Jersey stormwater management rules — The New Jersey stormwater management rules were organized in 1983 and updated in 2004. The rules restrict building within 300 foot of high quality water ; and stormwater and parking lot runoff at new developments must be diverted to a retention… …

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  • 8Green Brook Flood Control Project — Green Brook Flood Control is a flood control project in Somerset County in central New Jersey first proposed in the early 1970s in the wake of two major flooding events: a 1971 flood event and a major flood in August 1973, which ravaged the Green …

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  • 9Dresden — This article is about the city in Germany. For other places named Dresden, and other uses of the word, see Dresden (disambiguation). Dresden …

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  • 10Surface runoff — Runoff flowing into a stormwater drain Surface runoff is the water flow that occurs when soil is infiltrated to full capacity and excess water from rain, meltwater, or other sources flows over the land. This is a major component of the water… …

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