Stormwater Pit Useful Life

Stormwater Pit

90 years

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 Albury City Council 100 years Bundaberg Regional Council 80 years Camden Council 70 years Campbelltown City Council 90 years Darebin City Council 80-100 years Holroyd City Council 70 years Hume City Council 100 years Muswellbrook Shire Council 80 years Ryde City Council 150 years Shoalhaven City Council 80 years Tweed Shire Council 80 years Whittlesea City Council 100 years Wollondilly Shire Council 70 years

Related Pages

• Gross Pollutant Trap
• Stormwater Drainage
• Stormwater Pipe
• Stormwater Pit Cleaning
• Stormwater Pit Photos

Contributors

The following site members have contributed to this page:

• Wayne Eddy

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
4. Google Search
5. BVCI Stormwater Page
6. Darebin City Council Drainage Asset Management Plan