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*<span title="a cavity in the ground, especially in limestone bedrock, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground."> '''sinkhole'''</span>
 
*<span title="a cavity in the ground, especially in limestone bedrock, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground."> '''sinkhole'''</span>
 
*<span title="Separation distance is defined as the distance from the closest point of a Best Management Practice (BMP) to the particular feature being considered."> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Stormwater_infiltration_and_setback_(separation)_distances '''Site Location / Minimum Setbacks''']</span>
 
*<span title="Separation distance is defined as the distance from the closest point of a Best Management Practice (BMP) to the particular feature being considered."> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Stormwater_infiltration_and_setback_(separation)_distances '''Site Location / Minimum Setbacks''']</span>
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*<span title="Sizing refers to the physical dimensions of a stormwater treatment practice or device needed to meet a water quality or quantity goal. For example, stormwater BMPs may be sized to treat a volume of runoff, a flow rate, or to meet a pollutant removal target."> '''sizing'''</span>
 
*<span title="a device to retain or remove floatables (e.g. oil) from water"> '''skimmer'''</span>
 
*<span title="a device to retain or remove floatables (e.g. oil) from water"> '''skimmer'''</span>
 
*<span title="temporary and permanent covers to stabilize soils and prevent erosion"> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Construction_stormwater_best_management_practice_%E2%80%93_Site_stabilization '''soil stabilization''']</span>
 
*<span title="temporary and permanent covers to stabilize soils and prevent erosion"> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Construction_stormwater_best_management_practice_%E2%80%93_Site_stabilization '''soil stabilization''']</span>

Revision as of 18:42, 30 May 2019

This page lists standard definitions used in hover boxes throughout this manual. Hover boxes allow the user to hover over bolded text and see a definition for that text.

A

  • arterial roads
  • alum

B

  • baffle
  • bank stabilization
  • best management practice
  • biofiltration
  • bioinfiltration
  • bioretention practice
  • Bioswale
  • brownfield
  • Brushing
  • buffer zones
  • bypass flow

C

  • catch basin
  • catchment
  • cistern
  • clay
  • coagulation
  • coarse sediment
  • collector roadway
  • concentrated flow
  • concentrated stormwater runoff
  • conventional roof
  • curb-cut
  • curb bump-out

D

E

F

  • filter fabric
  • filtration
  • filter strip
  • first flush
  • flash
  • floatables
  • flocculant
  • flocculation
  • flow paths
  • flow-through device
  • fluvial systems
  • footprint
  • forebay
  • fractured flow

G

  • grade
  • grade control structures
  • green roof
  • green space
  • geotextile
  • gross solids

H

  • herbaceous perennial
  • highly urban and ultra-urban environments
  • hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer material (k),
  • hydraulic grade line
  • hydraulic gradient (i),
  • hydraulic model
  • hydrodynamic separator
  • hydrogeology

I

J

K

L

  • large lot residential
  • level spreader
  • live storage
  • longitudinal slope
  • low permeability soils

M

  • manhole
  • media
  • mesic
  • moderate to steep slopes
  • MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System)
  • mulching

N

O

  • outfall

P

Q

R

  • riprap
  • riprap
  • rock armored
  • rock riffle

S

T

U

  • highly urban and ultra-urban environments
  • underdrain

V

W

X

Y

Z