Retarding basins to be built in flood-prone areas By Mina Diaz 10/15/2011

Retarding basins to be built in flood-prone areas

By Mina Diaz 10/15/2011
Retarding basins will be built in low-lying areas of Metro Manila, including España Boulevard, as part of national government’s approach to flooding problem that has cost billions of pesos annually.

At a media briefing yesterday, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson said he had high hopes on the construction of water retarding or detention basins as a most viable solution to reduce downstream flooding during rainy season.

Such basins are constructed to temporarily store some, if not all, of the rainwater run-off, to absorb and contain flooding in periods of high rain and pump it out later at regulated rate of flow to a level that can be safely carried by nearby rivers or esteros..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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