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basin. The catch basin is connected to an underground, sloping pipe. The
water flows through the pipe to a larger storm water system, perhaps
located in an adjacent street.
Catch Basin
103.5
Elevation low area,
water ponding... nowhere to drain
F i g u r e 11.11
Water ponding in a parking lot
Figure 11.12
Area catch basin in a parking lot
In the lawn area of Figures 11.13-A and 11.13-B, you can see how the
ground has been sculpted with gently rolling topography and a drainage
swale. The swale roughly bisects the lawn area, directing surface water
to a catch basin at the top of the image. From the catch basin it is carried
by underground pipes to a storm water system, in this case located to an
adjacent campus-wide storm drainage system
Catch Basin
Figures 11.13-a and 11.13-B
Lawn area with central drainage swale and catch basin
