Surface water management is needed wherever water erosion is a risk and where water movement control or water harvesting is required.
The guidelines here will help in choosing suitable earthwork structures, with links to detailed pages on those structures. Expert advice should be sought before constructing any earthworks, to avoid technical, environmental and safety risks associated with water management.
We recommend that any earthworks are part of an integrated water and salinity management program.

Surface water management options used in Western Australia

  

Earthwork	Land slope (%)	Soil type	Grade (%)	Landscape position	Purpose
Absorption banks and level banks	Up to 10			upper slope, below areas producing a lot of run-off	controlling run-off water where a grassed waterway cannot be safely maintained
Grade bank	Up to 10	shallow duplex / loam	0.2 to 0.5	upper and mid-slope	controlling surface water erosion; harvesting water from slopes
Dams (excavated earth tanks)	Up to 10	clay / shallow duplex / deep duplex / loam	Up to 10	not in valley watercourse	storing and providing access to water for agricultural or household use
Roaded catchments	Up to 6	clay / shallow duplex	Up to 6	good clay required close to surface	improving water run-off from reduced catchment areas into dams
Grassed waterways					providing safe disposal of overflow from dams or discharge from the end of grade banks
Seepage interceptor bank	Up to 10	shallow duplex / deep duplex / Sand		lower and mid-slope	controlling shallow seepage and waterlogging
Broad-based banks	2 to 6	shallow duplex / loam	0.15-0.3	upper, middle and lower slope	controlling surface water erosion; allowing easy vehicle traffic across banks
Shallow relief drains (W drain, V drain, spoon and spinner drains)	Up to 0.2	clay / shallow duplex	Up to 0.2	valley floor	removing surface water from flooded areas
Levee waterways	Up to 10	clay / sand / deep duplex / shallow duplex	Up to 10	valley floors and hill slopes	guiding and controlling the spread of water in drainage lines
Raised beds	0.1 to 2		0.1 to 2		raising seed beds above the saturated soil of waterlogged areas
Evaporation basins	Site specific				holding saline discharge and preventing salt discharge to environmentally sensitive areas

Layout of surface water earthworks

Also, read Soil Conservation Earthworks Design Manual

Source: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/water-erosion/surface-water-management