The Torrent Pharmaceuticals campus is a couple of feet below the highway which was very risky as it could lead to major flooding issues in the future.
Regular storm-water designs many-a-time end up diverting the floodwater flow as compared to containing it - which could lead to severe flooding in the long run - making it into a major issue with catastrophic consequences.
" We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used while creating them ". - Albert Einstein
The project was designed to store floodwater through the rainwater recharge systems we installed there and inject the rainwater along with the groundwater. There were also cuts and fills fabricated by the team for land gradation to strengthen its water retention capacity.
Owing to the mounds of soil gathered from the digging for water harvesting, no additional soil was required to be brought from outside the campus for construction. The water recharge systems were installed in the sunken areas. As the harvesting area was sunken, the campus did not require any external stormwater management.
It is a good example of a system of sunken areas and swales (wetlands).
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