Additionally the county manages drainage easements across hundreds of properties.
Surface water catch basin.
County road crews keep outfalls flowing culverts draining catch basins catching and surface water managed.
Diversified drainage can create a drainage system that directs storm water and surface water runoff into catch basins also known as a storm drain or curb inlet and discharge it into the municipal storm water system or natural wetlands through.
Ridges and hills that separate two watersheds are called the drainage divide.
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Unless constructed with permeable bottoms to let water infiltrate into underlying soil this subterranean basin can become a mosquito breeding area because it is cool dark and retains.
The word watershed is sometimes used interchangeably with drainage basin or catchment.
Larger watersheds contain many smaller watersheds.
It stands to reason that if you want to remove surface water you remove the water at the surface and not wait for it to saturate the ground.
The watershed consists of surface water lakes streams reservoirs and wetlands and all the underlying groundwater.
Catch basins are commonly designed with a sump area below the outlet pipe level a reservoir for water and debris that helps prevent the pipe from clogging.