Detention basins usually hold a permanent pond of water, and are sometimes called "wet basins." Similarly, a retention basin is a depression that also collects and slowly releases stormwater from ...

Between 2013 and 2022, 11 children died from drowning in man-made ponds in Columbus, many of them stormwater retention ponds at apartment complexes. Council President Pro Tempore Rob Dorans ...

Escambia County commissioners may expand stormwater retention ponds on residential properties.A new ordinance they're ...

One ordinance could make the county one of the first in the state to require developments that preserve more of its green spaces.

After months of hearing constituents tell of flooding and drainage woes in their neighborhoods, the Volusia County Council Feb. 11 took action to alleviate the problems caused by too much […] ...

The H-7 and Quaker Mill stormwater retention ponds were completed in 2022 and 2023, respectively, and the H-4 pound is slated to be operational in the fall, Ball announced. The NC-3 pond is in the ...

Retention ponds are local features tied to the federal Clean Water Act, which puts states in charge of regulating municipal stormwater systems. In North Carolina, the state Department of ...

Transforming a former warehouse district into a new destination neighborhood includes a modular-vault stormwater system.