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If you are wanting to do any kind of construction on your property that involves any new buildings or other impervious areas, your local municipality…
There are many steps and factors involved with the design of a stormwater management system. The following are ten common terms used in the area…
A stormwater basin (sometimes referred to as a detention basin or a detention pond) is a man-made area of graded earth that is designed to…
Infiltration rate is the speed at which rainwater is able to be absorbed into and travel vertically through the ground and toward the groundwater level.…
Hydraulic analysis refers to the determination of what happens to a water surface elevation within a waterway during certain storm events. These storm events could…
Hydrology is a term used to refer to the drainage characteristics of a particular watershed basin or drainage area. These characteristics include the kind of…
A storm drain is a structure that collects stormwater runoff as part of a stormwater storm sewer system. It is the combination of a grate…
A drainage swale is a vegetated channel used in land development designs to divert stormwater runoff usually to a waterway, a storm sewer inlet, or…