A hydrograph shows how a river is affected by a storm. This helps to understand discharge patterns of a particular drainage basin and helps to predict flooding and plan flood prevention measures.
Bioretention basins are depressions in the landscape that collect rain water that lands on ... This could be a weir that allows water of a certain depth to overflow into another channel leading to a ...
Basins with a higher drainage density (number of tributary rivers) collect rain water more quickly, therefore the lag time will be shorter. Permeable rocks close permeable rockA type of rock which ...
UMass Lowell has established a Catch Basin Stenciling/Marking Program where University staff and student volunteers can stencil a message next to catch basins or install storm drain markers reminding ...