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Stormwater Management Ponds
 Stormwater runoff is rainwater that flows across the land and is routed into drainage systems and ultimately into our natural areas such as creeks, lakes and wetlands. Urbanization reduces the amount of water that can be absorbed into the ground through the increase of impervious surfaces such as roads, driveways, sidewalks and roofs. These impervious surfaces interfere with the natural hydrologic cycle by increasing the amount of stormwater runoff into our watercourses if left uncontrolled. This increase to the stormwater runoff can result in increased risks to flooding, erosion, watercourse health and aquatic life. To manage these increased risks the City often requires developers to construct stormwater management ponds to control stormwater runoff from their subdivisions. Upon assumption of the subdivision, the City of Brampton starts maintaining the stormwater management ponds.
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