Masterpile sheet piing can be used in the design and construction of SUDS ponds, used as part of the management system for rain water migration and control, incorporated these days in new developments from roadways to domestic and industrial developments. A retention basin, sometimes called a retention pond, wet detention basin, or storm water management pond (SWMP), is a way of ensuring natural processes for water ground absorption and the retention of wildlife, flora and forna are not lost when an area is developed and nature is retained. As such, these ponds are designed to blend into neighbourhoods and viewed as an amenity and benefit to wildlife.
Masterpile is often used in the construction of pond banking and edging, which when used in a SUDS pond design around the periphery also creates a robust rot free banking structure which can also incorporate overflow pipework systems, transferring flood water into an attenuation tank for storage and controlled transfer.