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SWM Ponds aren't a low impact development strategy.  
SWM Ponds aren't a low impact development strategy.  


There are lots of other existing guides out there to help you design a SWM pond or 'wet pond'.  
There are lots of other existing guides out there to help you design a SWM pond or 'wet pond'<ref>Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, 2003, Stormwater Management Planning and Design Manual https://www.ontario.ca/document/stormwater-management-planning-and-design-manual-0</ref>.  


We'd encourage you to try and use LID principles; distribute water quality treatment and low flow events through the use of BMPs across your site, and deal with flood volumes with underground [[infiltration chambers]] or a nice amenity space in a [[dry pond]].
We'd encourage you to try and use LID principles; distribute water quality treatment and low flow events through the use of BMPs across your site, and deal with flood volumes with underground [[infiltration chambers]] or a nice amenity space in a [[dry pond]].

Revision as of 18:22, 9 October 2018

These sheep are contained within the SWM pond allotment on this subdivision as a means of organic, low-cost land maintenance, Milton Keynes UK

SWM Ponds aren't a low impact development strategy.

There are lots of other existing guides out there to help you design a SWM pond or 'wet pond'[1].

We'd encourage you to try and use LID principles; distribute water quality treatment and low flow events through the use of BMPs across your site, and deal with flood volumes with underground infiltration chambers or a nice amenity space in a dry pond.

  1. Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, 2003, Stormwater Management Planning and Design Manual https://www.ontario.ca/document/stormwater-management-planning-and-design-manual-0