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Waikato District Council

Stormwater Detention & Retention Requirements

Waikato Region

Source Documents

These are the council documents used to build the WDC2 calculator. If a link is broken, the document may have moved on the council website.

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Stormwater Design Guidelines + RITS
PDF Primary Source
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WDC2 Stormwater Information Page
Council website - may contain updated links if documents above have moved.

Calculation Methodology

Design event: 10-year ARI (Annual Recurrence Interval)

Retention

None - detention only

Method

RITS adopted as engineering code of practice. Hierarchy: retention for reuse then soakage then infiltration then treatment/detention. Post-dev discharge must not exceed pre-dev.

Design Requirements

  • 10-year ARI design event
  • Hierarchy: retention then soakage then infiltration then detention
  • Post-dev discharge must not exceed pre-dev discharge
  • RITS adopted as engineering code of practice
  • Stormwater Bylaw 2021 applies

Submission

CouncilWaikato District Council
RegionWaikato
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Last verified: March 2026 - NZ Detention Tank Calculator