Abstract:At present, the construction of sponge cities is vigorously developed in China. For the old urban areas with high building density, low green rate and large reconstruction difficulty, the initial rainwater storage tank is becoming one of the effective measures to reduce the runoff pollution load. Combined with an initial rainwater storage tank in Hunan Province, the calculation methods of effective volume and inflow time of initial rainwater storage tank in the sponge city reconstruction of old urban areas, and the design ideas of construction form, elevation and various functional elements are introduced. The effective volume of this storage tank is 4 300 m3 and the inflow time is 0.5 h. The underground reinforced concrete structure is adopted. The design meets the gravity rapid inflow and operation safety. The precise pollution control is achieved by layering the water pumps to discharge the stored water by qualities. The hydraulic flushing door is adopted in the flushing method. The ion deodorization and chemical adsorption are adopted for the deodorization, which are shared with the sewage pumping station. The operation mode is intelligent and flexible. After completion, it is expected to reduce the total amount of COD by approximately 15 tons and SS by about 25 tons annually with the good environment benefit, which provides the reference for the other similar projects.