Talk:Balancing lake

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Retention, Detention

Are these just an English concept for retention or detention basins? Should this be mentioned/linked in the article? Criticalthinker (talk) 11:36, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So, it's a retention basin, and I really do question whether the subject is worth its own article as opposed to a section on the article about retention basins? And even apart from that question, it strikes me the how part about Willen Lake would be more appropriate for that lake's article since it doesn't deal with the actual subject matter. It's maybe worth mentioning in passing that the lakes can have other functions, but we don't need a whole "case study" subsection talking about recreation and such. We need a discussion on this whole article. Criticalthinker (talk) 08:05, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Or a retention basin is a kind of balancing lake?

The significant feature of balancing lakes in England is that they are not just engineering structures: their use for sport and recreation is a feature, not just a byproduct. As the case study illustrates. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 09:54, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]