Sleepy Hollow Detention Basin Retrofit
The Sleepy Hollow Detention basin is a 6.3-acre detention basin located in a residential neighborhood in Elk Grove, CA. The detention basin was originally designed to manage stormwater runoff and provide flood control protection to the adjacent neighborhoods. The existing basin integrates water quality treatment during small storm events. While the Sleepy Hollow detention basin fulfills its original design intentions for flood control, the project is being redesigned to provide multiple beneftis. This project will serve as a pilot project for conversion of conventional detention basins into multi-use benefit basins. The retrofit project will increase water quality benefits, enhance upland habitat, recharge the aquifer, and improve recreational/aesthetic opportunities for the surrounding community. With the incorporation of natural resources and improvements, the basin could also become an ‘outdoor classroom’ for the five schools located within a two-mile radius of the project site and for the community.