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 reports a two-fold increase in illegal dumping year-to-year at its sites.

The Ascension Parish government has acquired 80 acres in Geismar to bolster stormwater detention as part of the East Ascension Drainage Floodplain Management plan. The parish purchased the prop… ...

The cutting of a ceremonial ribbon Friday marked the completion of a project designed to lower the flooding risk in the Meyerland area. The Meyer Grove Detention Basin is located between Brays ...

The city is proposing to build a stormwater pond on Kate Sullivan Elementary and Cobb Middle properties to reduce flooding in nearby neighborhoods.

The purpose of stormwater detention is to release the water from an impervious area back into the storm ecosystem at a controlled rate; a leak compromises this controlled rate. Time, Cost ...