MALAYSIAN MS 2526-7:2014

STANDARD

Urban stormwater management -

Part 7: Detention ponds

ICS: 93.025
Descriptors: urban stormwater management, detention, pond

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Contents

Page

Committee representation .................................................................................................. ii

Foreword............................................................................................................................. iii

Introduction ......................................................................................................................... v

1 Scope ....................................................................................................................... 1
 
2 Normative references ............................................................................................... 1
 
3 Terms and definitions............................................................................................... 1
 
4 Principles......... ......................................................................................................... 3
 
5 Inlet........................................................................................................................... 6

6 Primary outlet ........................................................................................................... 6

7 Secondary outlet (spillway) ...................................................................................... 7

8 Storage zone ............................................................................................................ 8

9 Embankment ............................................................................................................ 8

10 Erosion protection .................................................................................................... 9

11 Safety and aesthetics ............................................................................................... 10

12 Sizing flood detention site ........................................................................................ 11

Bibliography..... ................................................................................................................... 17

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Committee representation

The Industry Standards Committee on Building, Construction and Civil Engineering (ISC D) under whose authority
this Malaysian Standard was developed, comprises representatives from the following organisations:

Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia

Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia
Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia
Department of Standards Malaysia
Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur
Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers
Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia
Jabatan Kerajaan Tempatan
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia
Malaysian Timber Council
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
Master Builders Association Malaysia
Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia
Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Berhad
Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia
SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat)
Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara
The Cement and Concrete Association of Malaysia
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The Technical Committee on Planning and Design of Urban Stormwater Management Facilities which developed this
Malaysian Standard is managed by the Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia in its capacity as an
authorised Standards-Writing Organisation and consists of representatives from the following organisations:

Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia

Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia
Department of Environment
Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia (Secretariat)
Department of Town and Country Planning
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia
Master Builders Association Malaysia
Ministry of Housing and Local Government
National Landscape Department
Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia
Real Estate and Housing Developers Association Malaysia
SIRIM Berhad
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia

Co-opted members:

Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia

PWM Associates Sdn Bhd

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Foreword

This Malaysian Standard was developed by the Technical Committee on Planning and Design
of Urban Stormwater Management Facilities under the authority of the Industry Standards
Committee on Building, Construction and Civil Engineering. Development of this standard
was carried out by Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia which is the Standards-
Writing Organisation (SWO) appointed by SIRIM Berhad to develop standards for urban
stormwater management.

This Malaysian Standard on Urban Stormwater Management is part of a series of standards

developed for stormwater management design practices in Malaysia. The series from Part 1
to 20 cover the majority of stormwater facilities, from quantity design to erosion and sediment
control. However, Parts 1 to 3 of these standards set the general criteria, common to all
facilities, needed to design for either stormwater quantity or quality control. Parts 4 to 20 set
the specific criteria for the design of the individual facility or Best Management Practices
(BMP).

These standards are derived mainly from the Urban Stormwater Management Manual for
Malaysia, 2nd Edition (MSMA 2nd Edition), which already contains extensive explanatory
material as well as detailed technical guides, including work examples. As such, these
standards do not replicate the design manual. Rather, they summarise the pertinent aspects
of the manual which the user shall comply with as minimum requirements in designing
stormwater facilities.

It is hoped that with these standards, stormwater management in the country can be properly
implemented and regulated in minimising the present haphazard flash floods as well as
deterioration in water quality resulting from developing and developed catchment areas.

This Malaysian Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of Malaysian Standards are responsible for their correct application.

MS 2526 consists of the following parts, under the general title, Urban stormwater
management:

Part 1: Design acceptance criteria

Part 2: Quantity design fundamentals

Part 3: Quality design fundamentals

Part 4: Roof and property drainage

Part 5: On-site detention

Part 6: Rainwater harvesting

 
Part 7: Detention ponds

Part 8: Infiltration facilities

Part 9: Bioretention systems

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Foreword (continued)

Part 10: Gross pollutant traps

Part 11: Water quality ponds and wetlands

Part 12: Erosion and sediment control

Part 13: Pavement drainage

Part 14: Drains and swales

Part 15: Pipe drains

Part 16: Engineered channels

Part 17: Bioengineered channels

Part 18: Culverts

Part 19: Gate and pump

Part 20: Hydraulic structures

Compliance with a Malaysian Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal
obligations.

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