ADOT says the aging 1964 pump stations were replaced The $38-million project, which started in 2020, installed new pipelines for a gravity-controlled system with large stormwater retention basins.

A drainage basin is the area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries. When a droplet of water falls onto the land (as precipitation), gravity will make sure that the water is ...

Some of such basins may be endorheic basins which do not have enough water in them to show at the surface but have an internal drainage system. A lake basin is another type of structural basin ...

The pumps are part of a system that begins with catch basins, which collect water off the streets and direct it into increasingly larger pipes and culverts.

The city is repairing and reconstructing a damaged drainage basin and storm line on Todt Hill Road at Circle Road to reduce flooding. (Staten Island Advance file phot) CITY HALL -- The city is ...