answers from Chicago on. Very tiny bugs coming up the drain that hop a little are probably springtales...I goggled tiny little bugs that hop when I first encountered them and that's what came up.
Detention basin. A detention basin or retarding basin is an excavated area installed on, or adjacent to, tributaries of rivers, streams, lakes or bays to protect against flooding and, in some cases, downstream erosion by storing water for a limited period of time.
Drainage Basin / Watershed. The precipitation that falls into a valley, and on surrounding interfluves flows downward usually creating a stream or river. The area of land that contributes water to a stream or river is called a watershed, or drainage basin. Small drainage basins generally contribute to streams, while the water from larger drainage basins come together to form large rivers.