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Drainage System

The document discusses drainage systems, including their history and importance. It provides details about how drainage systems work, from stormwater entering gutters and downpipes to flowing into rivers and creeks and eventually into bays. It notes the drainage design standards used today are meant to cope with frequent storms and carry excess floodwater away from properties. The document warns about dangers of entering stormwater drains and provides a schematic diagram of how a drainage system is structured.

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Drainage System

The document discusses drainage systems, including their history and importance. It provides details about how drainage systems work, from stormwater entering gutters and downpipes to flowing into rivers and creeks and eventually into bays. It notes the drainage design standards used today are meant to cope with frequent storms and carry excess floodwater away from properties. The document warns about dangers of entering stormwater drains and provides a schematic diagram of how a drainage system is structured.

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Drainage

system
DRAINAGE
is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and
sub-surface water from an area with excess of water. The
internal drainage of most agricultural soils is good enough
to prevent severe waterlogging (anaerobic conditions that
harm root growth), but many soils need artificial drainage
to improve production or to manage water supplies.
History
EARLY HISTORY
THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION HAD ADVANCED SEWERAGE AND
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. ALL HOUSES IN THE MAJOR CITIES OF HARAPPA AND
MOHENJO-DARO HAD ACCESS TO WATER AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES.
WASTE WATER WAS DIRECTED TO COVERED GRAVITY SEWERS, WHICH
LINED THE MAJOR STREETS.
18 &19 CENTURY
THE INVENTION OF HOLLOW-PIPE DRAINAGE IS CREDITED TO SIR HUGH
DALRYMPLE WHO DIED IN 1753.
IMPORTANCE OF WATER
DRAINAGE
IT PREVENTS ACCUMULATION
This is the most important use of a good drainage system; it allows
the free flow of water and in most cases prevents accumulation that
can lead to flooding. Drainage systems also prevent the
accumulation of stagnant water, which can encourage mosquitoes
to breed. IT GUARANTEES A HEALTHY LIVING IF PROPERLY
MANAGED
IT REDUCES THE OCCURRENCES OF SOIL EROSION
The regular maintenance of the drainage system is
Accumulated water over time can lead to soil degradation which very important as it will continuously wave any
brings about a muddy ground surface which in turn will result in soil possible blockage that may be caused by eroded
erosion. But with an effective drainage system you don’t have to sediments or not properly disposed waste.
worry about the washing away of your garden’s top soil and help
maintain the balanced moisture too.
Drainage system
THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM MINIMISES
THE IMPACT OF FLOODING BY
SAFELY CARRYING STORMWATER
AWAY FROM BUILT-UP AREAS
INTO RIVERS AND CREEKS.
How the drainage system
works
When it rains, some
water naturally seeps • Stormwater enters house gutters and downpipes, and
into the ground. To flows into residential drains
prevent the rest of it • Residential drains connect to council drains along
from flowing towards streets and roads
• Council drains connect to Melbourne Water’s regional
low-lying land, the drains
drainage system • Regional drains direct stormwater into the nearest river
directs it into rivers or creek, or directly to the bay via piped beach outlets
and creeks — and • Rivers and creeks flow into Port Phillip or Western Port
bay
eventually into the
bay.
Drainage design standards

underground drainage systems can generally cope with frequent storms that
have a 20% chance of occurring each year
While it’s impossible to
design a drainage
system that can overland flow paths carry excess floodwater away from properties,
preventing flooding during storms with up a 1% chance of occurring
prevent all floods, each year

under today’s
standards: other benefits to waterways are considered, such as litter traps,
stormwater treatment wetlands and stormwater harvesting
Drain safety
We can’t cover all
Entering stormwater stormwater drains
drains is illegal, steep, hidden and grilles — this
water levels can rise
dangerous and in poisonous gases slopes are easy to would restrict water
or suddenly arrive slow moving flows
some cases, fatal. and low oxygen slip on and can flow and make litter
from kilometers can become
Conditions inside a areas can be prevent others from and debris build up,
away, even on a raging torrents
drain can change deadly hearing you call for causing flooding.
sunny day
quickly without help Warning signs are
warning: placed at drain
across Melbourne.
Schematic diagram of drainage
system
THANK YOU!
 GROUP MEMBERS:
REGGIE GABON
JOSHUA FETALVERO
JULES LLANTERO
ALDEN MAGPANTAY
ALDVIN LIBRES

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