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The Public ePLANETeTEMP Group used for orphan migration

Detention ponds

Submitted by Philippe Lanceleur on
Detention ponds are artificially excavated basins that collect stormwater runoff and eroded sediment from the upstream catchment. The water stored in these ponds is slowly released into a water body or it infiltrates into the groundwater – or both. Their primary functions are flood control, erosion control and water quality improvement.
DISCUSS PG / PL - Geometry - Attempt in place to deprecate - use Location 2 instead
POINT (14.7681 51.1411)
Location
POINT (14.7681 51.1411)
Source
wocat
Case study id
technologies_6265
Local name
Rückhaltebecken
Full Context
NSWRM(Sections), Default view, ALL, OPTAIN : Schwarzer Schöps River Basin, Proximity with
NSWRM(KP)