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3-g <br />them re ularly and avoid them,only when they are temporarily storing, <br />water. People tend to take better care of something they feel they <br />belong to or believe is theirs. <br />4. Detention basins should be planned on both a watershed and individual <br />development basis. Cooperation between local governmental entities <br />should be encouraged when panning on a watershed basis. The effects <br />of basin location and size on the timing of peak flows should be <br />thoroughly documented. These basins should be part of a master drainage <br />plan for the watershed. These master drainage plans should, in turn, <br />be integrated with other area and community master plans such as land <br />use, transportation, recreation and education, with each master plan <br />having equal status. <br />5. These master drainage plans would include channels, both natural and <br />manmade, to convey flows from the 100-year runoff event both to and <br />away from the detention basins in a watershed. <br />6. Engineering designs which improve on the effectiveness of the natural <br />topography and channel system should be encouraged, rather than those <br />designs which rearrange or obliterate these natural features. <br />7. Good design and construction will prevent or reduce many maintenance <br />problems. The sides and bottom of a detention basin should be so con- <br />structed that it will drain completely after a storm and will be compatible <br />with the other uses of the basin. The principal outlet structure(s) <br />should control all recurrence interval events up to and including the <br />100-year event, must be compatible in design and function with the other <br />uses of the basin, and should include both trash racks and energy dissi- <br />pators. Emergency spillways should convey flows from greater than the <br />