Dry ponds: Gallery

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  Avondale Park, designed for flood storage, but not optimized for infiltration, North York ON

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  A multi-functional dry basin, still due to be fitted with playground equipment. Cambridge, UK. Photo credit: Simon Bunn

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  This dry pond features a concrete lined low-flow channel. Photo credit: US EPA

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  Stormwater lagoon, Wilmhurst Road, Warwick. UK. Photo credit: Robin Stott

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  Dry polder northwest of Vincencov, Prostějov. Czech Republic. Photo credit: Jiří Komárek

The slow movement of water into or through a soil or drainage system.

Penetration of water through the ground surface.

Ground depression acting as a flow control and water treatment structure, that is normally dry.