The runoff should be held in the basin for 15 to 30 minutes. The surface area of the basin is found by dividing the feedlot runoff rate (cubic feet per hour) by 4 cubic feet/hour/square foot. The ...

A sand filter, or "filtration basin", is a stormwater quality treatment system that ... The total retention volume of these filters should be designed to treat the surface runoff of a particular ...

Dry conditions persisted in New Mexico’s forecast basins through the end of March and April 1 snowpack conditions continue to be challenging.

Once soil and rock is saturated, or if it is impermeable, the water will become surface runoff and will run into river channels more quickly. Land use A drainage basin with little vegetation is ...

During the rain event, that collected runoff pools to a design depth in the basin. Eventually, the water seeps down ... directly shading out sunlight and by the water from the pond surface absorbing ...

It was a tale of two winters for the mountains containing the Colorado River’s headwaters, with the northern ranges seeing an ...