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carry collected water to another location on-site or to a storm water col-
lection system.
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Catch Basin
Rim Elevation
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Figure 14.19-a and 14.19-B
Use of catch basins to receive surface water in two adjacent sculpted lawn areas
Figures 14.19-A and 14.19-B are examples of how catch basins can
be used to gather surface water within a sculpted lawn area where the
designer chose to use the swale to articulate the sculptured landform. In
Figure 14.19-A the catch basin receives the water from the swale before
allowing it to cross the walk. In Figure 14.19-B swales bring water from
either side of a great lawn area to a central low point where a catch basin
collects the water. The collected surface water could then be transferred
to a storm water collection system or to another adjacent area, perhaps
to a detention pond or water garden.
canals and Swales
The constructed drainage channel shown in Figures 14.20-A and 14.20-B
was installed in a new parking lot adjacent to an existing campus road.
The designer may have had the option of installing a drop inlet catch
basin at the curb in the road to handle the storm water but chose to
divert the water from the road to a catch basin located in the adjacent.
A channel, similar to the one in Figures 14.20-A and B, is often used to
direct water from one paved surface, such as a parking lot, to another.
