A detenetion pond, or "detention basin," is a large, constructed depression in an urban landscape that receives and stores the stormwater runoff from large drainage areas. Detention basins usually ...

The Harris County Flood Control District broke out the heavy equipment Monday to scoop up illegally dumped trash and debris ...

The Harris County Flood Control District reports a two-fold increase in illegal dumping year-to-year at its sites.

Any project must include enough stormwater detention basins to contain any new stormwater runoff created by a new development. The project must be designed to handle excess runoff from a 100-year ...

Common SCMs range from retention ponds to catch basins that flow to underground ... for example a detention pond that should only hold stormwater temporarily is holding water permanently, the ...

Our Council has completed stormwater quality monitoring at Williamson Park dry detention basin (Aug–Nov 2024). The test results indicate the stormwater runoff has a low contaminant load ...