Effective detention and water quality treatment are an important part of protecting our environment, ourselves, and our neighbors downstream

This innovation has the potential to greatly impact water conservation in all communities. With implementation in water quality and management systems, the proposed hydraulic gate allows for more accurate and efficient irrigation and allows for stormwater runoff from developed areas to be treated more efficiently. This allows rural areas that meet the population density requirements for MS4, a system for regulated stormwater discharge in local bodies of water, to achieve those guidelines more easily and cost-effectively.municipalities are required to implement strict requirements to meet state and federal regulations regarding stormwater runoff and these requirements are often difficult in urban areas where space is limited and rural areas where capital is limited. The proposed headgate significantly increases the efficiency of detention ponds and water quality treatment devices allowing for a more compact and less costly system.additionally, the proposed headgate can be used on irrigation systems to reduce labor and increase the accuracy of water delivered to agricultural communities. With several over-appropriated rivers in the united states, smart water usage is becoming more critical every year. IT's difficult to make more water but this headgate will help communities use what water they have more accurately and efficiently. The first step in our research will be to create a list of potential sites to study representing a variety of circumstances and challenges. Once a final list of sites is selected, our team will analyze the hydrology using traditional detention and water quality treatment methods as well as with the proposed gate. We will model our headgate to compare the effectiveness and price of implementation of our gate VS existing methods. The hydrologic and hydraulic effects will be analyzed at many points in the basin. Finally, after all of the modeling is completed and results are tabulated, a draft report will be written detailing our phase i findings. The draft report will be sent to the locally involved municipalities, and other colleagues requesting feedback. This feedback should provide US with a firm understanding of how implementation of the device would proceed and give US feedback from potential end users that may be willing to adopt the device.