Stormwater Pit

A Stormwater Pit is a reinforced concrete chamber constructed below ground, designed to accept rainwater from surface inlets and/or one or more upstream stormwater pipes and to discharge this rainwater into a single downstream stormwater pipe.

Types of Stormwater Pits

There are many types of stormwater pits which are known by various names throughout Australia.
The list below is an attempt to try and group pits into types & sub-types and identify a preferred name and alternate name for each type. (Comments & suggestions would be greatly appreciated).

• Inlet Pit (Catch Pit)
  • Field Inlet Pit (Gully Pit)
  • Kerb Inlet Pit
    • Grated Kerb Inlet Pit
    • Side Inlet Pit (Side Entry Pit)
    • Combined Kerb Inlet Pit
• Junction Pit (Manhole, Junction Structure)

About half of the above would have grates and could be referred to as a Grated Pit or Grated Inlet Pit.

Useful Life

Some stormwater pits may have a Useful Life in the order of 80-100 years.

Council Adopted Life Bundaberg Regional Council 80 years Tweed Shire Council 80 years Whittlesea City Council 100 years

Related Pages

• Asset Type Matrix
• Catch Pit
• Combined Kerb Inlet Pit
• Composite BRC Asset Type List
• Field Inlet Pit
• Grated Field Inlet Pit
• Grated Kerb Inlet Pit
• Grated Pit
• Gully Pit
• Inlet Pit
• Junction Pit
• Kerb Inlet
• Kerb Inlet Pit
• Pit
• SEP
• Side Entry Pit
• Side Inlet Pit
• Stormwater Drainage
• Stormwater Pipe
• Stormwater Pit
• Stormwater Pit Photos
• Stormwater Pit Useful Life
• Useful Life

External Links & References

1. James Hardie Pit System Brochure (710 KB Pdf)
2. Queensland Urban Drainage Manual
3. Tweed Shire Council Drainage Assets Management Plan