What Is a Basin Catch?

A basin catch is often referred to as a catch basin. Catch basins are located all over the place in every city. Catch basins are used as storm sewers and sanitary sewers. They are cylindrical structures created to receive storm or sanitary waste. Catch basins are used as access points to perform routine maintenance on storm sewers and sanitary lines. Catch basins can also act as grease separators for kitchen lines, or they can act as water retention devices in parking lots. You see catch basins all over the place. On a cold winter's day, you will see vapor shooting out of those catch basins everywhere.

What Do You Use a Catch Basin For?

A catch basin can be used for sewer line cleaning, water retention in parking lots, and in kitchen lines to act as grease separators.

What Is the Difference Between a Storm Drain and a Catch basin?

A storm drain will lead to a catch basin. A storm drain is a pipe and a catch basin is a cylindrical retention device.

How Deep Should a Catch Basin Be?

How deep a catch basin should be is governed by the inlet pipes, outlet pipes, and amount of gallons required for fixtures that are attached to the catch basins.