Other Benefits
A permanent lake can provide useful recreation facilities such as sailing, windsurfing, or of wildlife. These uses do not mix well, though a scheme can have both in linked basins where the recreational basin fills first and the wildlife basin is only used in exceptional conditions.
- A recreational use facility can have relatively steep banks (perhaps with a footpath inside the bank next to the permanent lake for aesthetics and safety). The water level can rise substantially without a significant increase in overall area.
- A basin that is intended for use by wild life and for visual amenity needs to be relatively shallow for maximum plant life. It must be designed with the assumption that it will be invoked very rarely, especially during the nesting season.
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