Brief Report
Mar 1980
Stormwater Detention Basin Sizing
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Detention basins are commonly used to store runoff from the urban area so that the stored runoff can be released slowly, thus avoiding impact on existing drainage facilities. For a given watershed and pumping plant capacity, detention basin size is dependent on selection of the appropriate design storm. This paper presents a simple method for estimating the required size of the basin.
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Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 106 • Issue 3 • March 1980
Pages: 437 - 439
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© 1980 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Kit R. Burton, M.ASCE
Vice Pres., MHM, Inc., Marysville, Calif.
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