Proposed stormwater ordinance in Escambia County could reshape residential subdivisions
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Escambia County commissioners may expand stormwater retention ponds on residential properties. A new ...
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MARLOWE: 'Green infrastructure' is the new generation of detention or retention ponds
An “impervious surface” is what we call it when water can’t sink into the soil beneath a given object. Roads, parking lots, ...
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In our backyard: Triad is home to hundreds of ponds like those where recent deaths occurred
Retention ponds are local features tied to the federal Clean Water Act, which puts states in charge of regulating municipal stormwater systems. In North Carolina, the state Department of ...
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IN FOCUS: Can Singapore's multibillion-dollar flood-proofing efforts keep up with climate change?
Major infrastructural and engineering developments have been installed as part of the country's defence against floods. But ...
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Retention ponds to end floods in SS4D
RESIDENTS in SS4D, Kelana Jaya, can now sigh with relief as the two retention ponds to resolve flash floods in their area are finally being built after being postponed for almost a year due to a ...
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‘Islands in the Sky’: High-rise bathing ponds and waterfalls design to transform Dubai’s skyline
The firm behind the design refers to it as “an oasis in the sky” that rises from the lake as a series of botanical gardens stacked into a tower. “Each island is a platform for thermal pools ...