Great video Ed. Water is so important for every type of life. Glad to see you & aquascape are trying to fix the problems of storm water runoff pollution. Just sad to hear that there are thousands of new homes being built. We all need a place to live but the loss of natural habitat is very sad not only for the wildlife but also for us.
What a fantastic video. I have a retention pond right next to my house that I’ve been growing upon and haven’t really given it a second though, but I suppose that means it’s been doing it’s job well. Thank you Ed!
Wow! So much knowledge gained today. Loved the multiple examples of storm water ponds, whats wrong with them and what needs to be done. Can't wait to see more on the Ft. Worth Texas project, that looks incredible!!! Thanks Ed.
Good evening Ed hope your having an amazing day. Wow i love how you think and explain our environment and what we need or should do to protect it for generations to come. Love all your ideas you have and teach to people. We truly need more people like you and aquascape and enthusiasts to keep our environment safer. Love what you do and stand for. Have an amazing week and ill see you next video like always
RLC Aquatics Thanks for watching! I actually spoke with the lead Architect responsible for all the retention ponds for the State of Florida! They’re actually very progressive in their approach.
Great video Ed! I know I’ll be sharing this one for sure. This issue is something I’ve always been very passionate about. Although It is proving very hard to change developers and civil engineers ideas of what can be done, or should be done to ensure we are making the most out of these pockets of nature. Natural pond ecosystems in the UK are few and far between so SUDs are becoming the next best thing for our aquatic life but currently we are having the same issues as you and ending up with stagnant algaefied holes. Educational videos like this are fantastic. I seriously hope we are able to make a difference using the Aquascape ethos and technologies.
I sure hope this is a teaser and you are going to show us the actual project builds and finished products. They all look super interesting and would love to see how they all turn out!
Thank you for making this video. I am currently working on a project for my school to improve the campus. My school is fairly close to the Chesapeake Bay, so I am doing a presentation on the impacts runoff has on the bay and the surrounding environment. This helps a ton! Thanks again! ❤️
they spray our ponds with erbicide ,last coupple years ,i hate my town lake stevens wash for doing that, the smell , i didnt come out my house for 4 days,and i always like my windows open,thier was a machine that mowed the bushes out of it and never did i understand why what were,this video was very helpful to me.ime proud to be a member of youtube univercity.
A few yrs ago we purchased a house in the mountains . The crawl space area was very wet and caused damage on the beam. I dug a ditch about 12’ behind the house to divert water around the house but thought it I take my excavator up the mountain and dig a pond I can better manage the water. After watching this video I think I’m in over my head on that project idea
I live in Georgia and the property next door has a retention pond that is empty. But during rains, the water runs through my yard to that area. Because of that, my yard is eroding. Where can I get some ideas? I’m afraid that the ground is washing out from under my house!
I love the philosophies you implemented into this video. So great. I have been pondering all of these ideas recently and you have wrapped it up nicely in this video. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I love the idea of creating a lot of biodiversity in these areas and using bio filtration in order to keep the storm water run off clean. Mimicking the way that God designed it to work is the best, it seems like we kind of just built up everything and now we are learning ways to do it better and more helpfully. I hope we can implement these ideas thru out the world in order to bring back the natural ecological diversity we have taken away and to clean the water which we inadvertently collect.
This is very interesting we live on a retention pond and it's very large with 3 channels but as you mentioned the water quality isn't great and my husband wants to aerate it one day. We get the big algae blooms especially in the summer. It's beautiful after a big rain! We have all kinds of wildlife. God bless ❤️🙏
I'm here to find a solution to my farmland -about 80acres that has serious* flooding issues... and I want to do exactly what you have done starting from @11:05 -a natural looking twisting creek with a few ponds at different spots. Some questions (kindly:) : 1. Can I use the ponds for fish farming? 2. Do I need to think of filtration since it is deep in rural Africa -the water is not polluted? 3. It does not have a slope so I'm not sure what you can advise about that -?
awesome video! I’m a recent graduate from a masters of architecture in Toronto Canada. My thesis work was on reimagining storm water infrastructure as part of the building as well as the landscape. I’d be really interested in a video where you talk about how you were able to make a career doing this kind of design. Thanks in advance!!
Everybody please protect wildlife! We as engineers have the option and we can work with each other to create new ideas and innovate instead of just saying that's too complicated
My parents are from Mexico and I noticed how there wasn’t any retention ponds even though all you see is miles upon miles of concrete and houses. I heard that actually Mexico City is sinking because they it’s aquifers aren’t being replenished.
Great video matching my question. Dear Ed, what is the appropriate or potential area to design a storm water retention pond? is it to any area near a water body? can the term rainwater retention pond be used similary as stormwater retention pond? Thank for answering...
Great question, Yes the terminology is universal Rainwater/Stormwater Retention. The Location does not need to be near an existing water body but it will eventually connect to a downstream system so elevations/overflow pipes need to be carefully determined.
Thank you very much for your prompt respond dear prof ed. Actually i provided a recommendation of designing storm water retention pond near a lake so that it can be retaining or capture stormwater runoff and protect thw lake from pollution. Then, i was told that, storm water retention ponds have been used in many areas but i did not give an evidence showing that the pond is really needed in my area. How do i go with this or what should be considered when thinking of designing a pond? thank you really much
Ponds will help to capture and hold Phosphorus, this is a very important piece of the equation because Phosphorus is typically the limiting factor for noxious algal growth including Cyanobacteria, The Phosphorus is precipitated out if the retention time is adequate enough. Another important piece is a Restrictor pipe for the overflow(4”) for example on a 1 acre pond will only allow a small volume of water to leave the pond in a 24 hour period, the pond level will temporarily rise and the water velocity will drop to allow the sedimentation processes to occur, this will also protect the downstream habitats from flooding.
Hi Ed, I would like to be knowledgeable as you in water retention and ponds creation. Where can I get this education? Will be a short course or a degree?
How can I work in this field? I have a degree in environmental engineering and I am looking to use permaculture design in this way! What is your work title? I appreciate your content, thank you for sharing!
Awesome stuff Ed. Very fascinating. Curious if there's been any progress on the Texas project? If so, any updates or footage on it? Seemed like a great project design. 👍
Retention ponds around my neighborhood has fountain in the middle to mitigate mosquitoes infestation. Which body is responsible for keeping retention pond clean? City or code enforcement & association say it is not their responsibility? Because fountain alone is not enough because dirty retention ponds give rise to mice & spiders finding their way into neighborhoods. Thanks
Fountains are a good start but there are much better options! I prefer using a series of Prefilters and Wetland Filtration to manage retention ponds but most Homeowner Associations don’t want to invest the time and money to create a fully functioning ecosystem......
What happens to all the petroleum products that wash off the parking areas when there is a heavy storm? How do they get processed? What keeps that contamination from smothering all the aerobic bacteria and killing all the aquatic life?
Saving the environment for the next generation. Amen to that ED!!!!
Dennis Feldmann Yes!!!
I saw only 3 of your videos but you are becoming one of my favorite youtubers
Thanks bor frelih!
Ed, you are a treasure! You need to be a guest professor to Civil Engineers and Landscape Architects everywhere!
Thanks Julie!
I hope you bring us back to see that last one once it's finished. I bet it will turn out AWESOME! Thanks for the journey today Ed.
Blessings
Let's all go home Thank you!
Great video Ed. Water is so important for every type of life. Glad to see you & aquascape are trying to fix the problems of storm water runoff pollution. Just sad to hear that there are thousands of new homes being built. We all need a place to live but the loss of natural habitat is very sad not only for the wildlife but also for us.
Johnny bravo 2777 It’s an unfortunate byproduct of our lives.....
We can make some simple changes that can be huge improvements!
What a fantastic video. I have a retention pond right next to my house that I’ve been growing upon and haven’t really given it a second though, but I suppose that means it’s been doing it’s job well. Thank you Ed!
Wow! So much knowledge gained today. Loved the multiple examples of storm water ponds, whats wrong with them and what needs to be done. Can't wait to see more on the Ft. Worth Texas project, that looks incredible!!! Thanks Ed.
Poseidon Ponds & Landscaping Thanks!!!
Good evening Ed hope your having an amazing day. Wow i love how you think and explain our environment and what we need or should do to protect it for generations to come. Love all your ideas you have and teach to people. We truly need more people like you and aquascape and enthusiasts to keep our environment safer. Love what you do and stand for. Have an amazing week and ill see you next video like always
Crystal Hurb Thanks for your feedback and support Crystal!
So many retention ponds here in Florida! Very good information! Ty for sharing! 🤝
RLC Aquatics Thanks for watching!
I actually spoke with the lead Architect responsible for all the retention ponds for the State of Florida!
They’re actually very progressive in their approach.
Great video Ed! I know I’ll be sharing this one for sure.
This issue is something I’ve always been very passionate about. Although It is proving very hard to change developers and civil engineers ideas of what can be done, or should be done to ensure we are making the most out of these pockets of nature. Natural pond ecosystems in the UK are few and far between so SUDs are becoming the next best thing for our aquatic life but currently we are having the same issues as you and ending up with stagnant algaefied holes.
Educational videos like this are fantastic. I seriously hope we are able to make a difference using the Aquascape ethos and technologies.
DU Waterscapes Thanks for the Feedback!
I hope we can start a change......
Thank you Ed. This is a great visual reminder of how all of our water is ultimately connected.
I sure hope this is a teaser and you are going to show us the actual project builds and finished products. They all look super interesting and would love to see how they all turn out!
James Just another GA Koi guy Of course!
Working on one of them now!
Absolutely fascinating, as always! Thanks so much for bringing us along. Can't wait for the follow ups!
Darrin Ellis-May Thank you!
Civil Engineer here to learn more about retention pond! Thanks!
Thanks Ed! This helps us when speaking with our clients.
Turpin Design That’s great!!!
Cool vid!!🏆
The Koi Partner Thanks!
Thank you for making this video. I am currently working on a project for my school to improve the campus. My school is fairly close to the Chesapeake Bay, so I am doing a presentation on the impacts runoff has on the bay and the surrounding environment. This helps a ton! Thanks again! ❤️
Could listen to you talk about biodiversity for hours Ed!🙌
Atlantis Water Gardens I think I can talk about it for hours!
they spray our ponds with erbicide ,last coupple years ,i hate my town lake stevens wash for doing that, the smell , i didnt come out my house for 4 days,and i always like my windows open,thier was a machine that mowed the bushes out of it and never did i understand why what were,this video was very helpful to me.ime proud to be a member of youtube univercity.
Thanks for your support Larry!!!
Retention Pond Management has its Ups and Downs…..
@@EdThePondProfessor funny,good one
Amazing work. Really inspiring to see yoyr attention to detail and care for the environment. This coming from a young architect.
Really fascinating! Thank you for explaining the science and reasoning behind your designs.
This is great. I just started a retention pond on my property.
A few yrs ago we purchased a house in the mountains . The crawl space area was very wet and caused damage on the beam. I dug a ditch about 12’ behind the house to divert water around the house but thought it I take my excavator up the mountain and dig a pond I can better manage the water. After watching this video I think I’m in over my head on that project idea
Very nice video, I really liked the man-made creek in the swale idea, looks really nice.
Fascinating subject and you explained it so well Ed 🍻 will continue to watch some more thank you 👍
Thanks for watching!
I live in Georgia and the property next door has a retention pond that is empty. But during rains, the water runs through my yard to that area. Because of that, my yard is eroding. Where can I get some ideas? I’m afraid that the ground is washing out from under my house!
Great vid such amazing green features
austinogg Thank you!
I love the philosophies you implemented into this video. So great. I have been pondering all of these ideas recently and you have wrapped it up nicely in this video. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I love the idea of creating a lot of biodiversity in these areas and using bio filtration in order to keep the storm water run off clean. Mimicking the way that God designed it to work is the best, it seems like we kind of just built up everything and now we are learning ways to do it better and more helpfully. I hope we can implement these ideas thru out the world in order to bring back the natural ecological diversity we have taken away and to clean the water which we inadvertently collect.
Such good info for all of us to have.
Colleen Heitzler Thanks Colleen!
Great video thanks Ed!
icewolf250 Thanks for your support!
This is very interesting we live on a retention pond and it's very large with 3 channels but as you mentioned the water quality isn't great and my husband wants to aerate it one day. We get the big algae blooms especially in the summer. It's beautiful after a big rain! We have all kinds of wildlife. God bless ❤️🙏
thank you prof. for all these information
aqua gardening Thanks for listening!
Awesome video!!!
Rivercrest - Custom Water Features Thanks!!!
I'm here to find a solution to my farmland -about 80acres that has serious* flooding issues... and I want to do exactly what you have done starting from @11:05 -a natural looking twisting creek with a few ponds at different spots.
Some questions (kindly:) :
1. Can I use the ponds for fish farming?
2. Do I need to think of filtration since it is deep in rural Africa -the water is not polluted?
3. It does not have a slope so I'm not sure what you can advise about that -?
I’m now missing summer!
Me too!
Florida resident here. I feel for you but of course, I don't miss summer weather. Just summer time! Visit us in your winter, we'll help you cope.
Great presentation material! Thx!
Nice work Ed!
vikinglord13 Thanks!
Great video 👏👍
Thanks for watching!!!
awesome video! I’m a recent graduate from a masters of architecture in Toronto Canada. My thesis work was on reimagining storm water infrastructure as part of the building as well as the landscape. I’d be really interested in a video where you talk about how you were able to make a career doing this kind of design. Thanks in advance!!
Keep up the good work
so retention ponds should not be allowed to fish then right? if its designed to filter all the chemicals and nutrients from the lakes ands rivers?
Everybody please protect wildlife! We as engineers have the option and we can work with each other to create new ideas and innovate instead of just saying that's too complicated
Wonder if my 5 acre lot needs one. Every time it rains there are 5 to 10 mini ponds
@EdThePondProfessor Any photos or video of the completed projects you showed here?
Thank you.
Thanks for watching!!!
Great video! Wish I'd known you were going to be in Fort Worth. I'm from there!
Baruch David Greenman I may schedule another visit before the end of the year!
So if I put in a man made pond with an over flow planted it heavy maybe even put in a few fish that might help larger scale?
Absolutely!!!
Great videos new subscriber Barry Manchester England 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
Groveland FL needs your help. My 5 acre property is saturated with water run off because of a very poorly built retention pond.
Your in my neck of the woods!!
this looks like its in keller
Would these detention pond have mosquitos when they are dry?
My parents are from Mexico and I noticed how there wasn’t any retention ponds even though all you see is miles upon miles of concrete and houses. I heard that actually Mexico City is sinking because they it’s aquifers aren’t being replenished.
A lot of Older Cities don’t have Retention Ponds,
I’ve heard about the Subsidence in Mexico City, that’s gonna be a problem……
@@EdThePondProfessor I agree its a huge problem! They have very poor urban design and doesn't seem to get any better.
Tons of failing detention and retention ponds in my area!
NJ PondGuy It’s a nationwide problem!
Great video matching my question. Dear Ed, what is the appropriate or potential area to design a storm water retention pond? is it to any area near a water body? can the term rainwater retention pond be used similary as stormwater retention pond? Thank for answering...
Great question,
Yes the terminology is universal Rainwater/Stormwater Retention.
The Location does not need to be near an existing water body but it will eventually connect to a downstream system so elevations/overflow pipes need to be carefully determined.
Thank you very much for your prompt respond dear prof ed. Actually i provided a recommendation of designing storm water retention pond near a lake so that it can be retaining or capture stormwater runoff and protect thw lake from pollution. Then, i was told that, storm water retention ponds have been used in many areas but i did not give an evidence showing that the pond is really needed in my area. How do i go with this or what should be considered when thinking of designing a pond? thank you really much
Ponds will help to capture and hold Phosphorus, this is a very important piece of the equation because Phosphorus is typically the limiting factor for noxious algal growth including Cyanobacteria,
The Phosphorus is precipitated out if the retention time is adequate enough.
Another important piece is a Restrictor pipe for the overflow(4”) for example on a 1 acre pond will only allow a small volume of water to leave the pond in a 24 hour period, the pond level will temporarily rise and the water velocity will drop to allow the sedimentation processes to occur, this will also protect the downstream habitats from flooding.
I would like to know the expected cost of such a project.
This renovation was $150K
Hi Ed, I would like to be knowledgeable as you in water retention and ponds creation.
Where can I get this education?
Will be a short course or a degree?
How can I work in this field? I have a degree in environmental engineering and I am looking to use permaculture design in this way! What is your work title? I appreciate your content, thank you for sharing!
That’s Awesome!!!
My Title is Vice President of Field Research
Where are you located.
Awesome stuff Ed. Very fascinating. Curious if there's been any progress on the Texas project? If so, any updates or footage on it? Seemed like a great project design. 👍
Thanks Eric!!!
Nothing has happened…….
Retention ponds around my neighborhood has fountain in the middle to mitigate mosquitoes infestation.
Which body is responsible for keeping retention pond clean?
City or code enforcement & association say it is not their responsibility?
Because fountain alone is not enough because dirty retention ponds give rise to mice & spiders finding their way into neighborhoods.
Thanks
Fountains are a good start but there are much better options!
I prefer using a series of Prefilters and Wetland Filtration to manage retention ponds but most Homeowner Associations don’t want to invest the time and money to create a fully functioning ecosystem......
Hey Ed I love what's going on in your mind with water
Shawn Baker Thanks Shawn!!!
do you often treat for mosquitoes with small fish or do you use chemicals?
lol i recognized that recreation center went in there once i cant remember why i lived in keller at the time
Check out the system at sawgrass mall in Fort Lauderdale outside the Cheesecake Factory it fascinates me since a kid finally got to see it full
Hello Ed it would be nice if the government would give you all 50 billion dollars too fix all the retention pounds
Joe Miller Yes!!!
What happens to all the petroleum products that wash off the parking areas when there is a heavy storm? How do they get processed? What keeps that contamination from smothering all the aerobic bacteria and killing all the aquatic life?
Kinda what happens when you force people to follow and pay for set of requirements that the state itself can chose not to follow.
Yes!!!
Y dont yall put a wetland filter in it
Nutrients
Nutrient management is key!!!
420th like!!! Winning!!!
It's crazy to think about. Water helps you survive. But water can also kill you. Isn't that crazy? It's amazing but it's also fearsome
A cage is not a sanctuary
Rail transit. Cars are killers
Great video Ed, thank you