The crates used to form a soakaway are wrapped in a permeable filter fabric which allows water out, but doesn’t allow ...

Soakaways are glorified holes in the ground into which stormwater is discharged and from which it is gradually allowed to percolate into the surrounding soil. It is essential that a soakaway be sized ...

In the fall, rain barrels should be disconnected. The water should be diverted to lawns and gardens at least two metres (six feet) away from the foundation. Soakaway pits and rain gardens. A soakaway ...

You cannot just be driving on the road and dripping soakaway water. And if we talk now, una go begin dey vex for us. “This thing wey we see now, e make sense to you?

Install green infrastructure, such as rain barrels, soakaway pits or rain gardens to re-use the rain that falls on your roof to water your lawn or garden. Ensure that overflow can flow safely to the ...

ANY interested parties (such as the Scouts Association and rugby clubs) suffering an increase in surface water drainage charges could consider installing soakaways. It is a little known fact that ...

The water instead runs into a soakaway, a large underground gravel pit that collects water from the roof or drive, or into an attenuation basin – sometimes owned by the council – which temporarily ...