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*<span title="Rock riffles are designed to mimic a natural pool upstream of the installed riffle. The riffle serves to reduce upstream slope and velocity. The channel is stabilized by the riffle at the point where velocity increases. Rock riffles also improve fish habitat by increasing downstream oxygen level"> '''rock riffle'''</span> | *<span title="Rock riffles are designed to mimic a natural pool upstream of the installed riffle. The riffle serves to reduce upstream slope and velocity. The channel is stabilized by the riffle at the point where velocity increases. Rock riffles also improve fish habitat by increasing downstream oxygen level"> '''rock riffle'''</span> | ||
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*<span title="Scour holes are areas where removal of underwater bed material has taken place, and are caused by current or wave activity impinging upon a structure-face"> '''scour hole'''</span> | *<span title="Scour holes are areas where removal of underwater bed material has taken place, and are caused by current or wave activity impinging upon a structure-face"> '''scour hole'''</span> | ||
*<span title="forceful removal of soil or other material by flowing water"> '''scouring'''</span> | *<span title="forceful removal of soil or other material by flowing water"> '''scouring'''</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="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> | ||
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*<span title="Soil aggregates are groups of soil particles that bind to each other more strongly than to adjacent particles. The space between the aggregates provide pore space for retention and exchange of air and water."> '''soil aggregation'''</span> | *<span title="Soil aggregates are groups of soil particles that bind to each other more strongly than to adjacent particles. The space between the aggregates provide pore space for retention and exchange of air and water."> '''soil aggregation'''</span> | ||
*<span title="the compression of soil particles into a smaller volume, which reduces the size of pore space available for air and water."> '''soil compaction'''</span> | *<span title="the compression of soil particles into a smaller volume, which reduces the size of pore space available for air and water."> '''soil compaction'''</span> | ||
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*<span title="soil quality is the capacity of a specific kind of soil to function, within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries, to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality, and support human health and habitation."> '''soil quality'''</span> | *<span title="soil quality is the capacity of a specific kind of soil to function, within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries, to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality, and support human health and habitation."> '''soil quality'''</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> | ||
| + | *<span title="Soil structure describes the arrangement of the solid parts of the soil and of the pore space located between them. It is determined by how individual soil granules clump, bind together, and aggregate, resulting in the arrangement of soil pores between them."> '''soil structure'''</span> | ||
*<span title="Soil texture (such as loam, sandy loam or clay) refers to the proportion of sand, silt and clay sized particles that make up the mineral fraction of the soil."> '''soil texture'''</span> | *<span title="Soil texture (such as loam, sandy loam or clay) refers to the proportion of sand, silt and clay sized particles that make up the mineral fraction of the soil."> '''soil texture'''</span> | ||
*<span title="able to be dissolved, especially in water"> '''soluble'''</span> | *<span title="able to be dissolved, especially in water"> '''soluble'''</span> | ||
Revision as of 16:37, 2 July 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.
Contents
A
- aggregate
- aquatic habitat
- armoring
- arterial roads
- alum
B
- baffle
- bank stabilization
- baseflow
- berm
- best management practice
- biodegradation
- biofiltration
- bioinfiltration
- bioretention practice
- Bioswale
- biotic impairment
- brownfield
- Brushing
- buffer zones
- bypass flow
C
- catch basin
- catchment
- cation exchange capacity
- check dam
- cistern
- clay
- coagulation
- coarse sediment
- cofferdam
- coir
- collector roadway
- compacted soil
- compost
- compost maturity
- concentrated flow
- concentrated stormwater runoff
- contributing area
- conventional roof
- curb-cut
- curb bump-out
D
- dead storage
- design flow
- design flow
- detention times
- dewatering
- dewatering device
- directly connected impervious
- dissolved phosphorus
- disconnected roof runoff
- Disturbed soils
- ditch checks
- drainage Area
- Drinking Water Source Management Area (DWSMA),
- “drop waterfalls”
- dry storage
- dry swale
E
- earthen berm
- Earthen check dams
- embankment
- energy dissipation
- energy dissipation
- engineered media
- Emergency Response Area
- ephemeral stream
- erosion control blankets
- erosion control mix
- erosion protection
- evapotranspiration
- extensive roofs
F
- fiber roll
- fill
- filter fabric
- filtration
- filter strip
- final stabilization
- first flush
- flash
- floatables
- flocculant
- flocculation
- flow paths
- flow-through device
- fluvial systems
- footprint
- forebay
- fractured flow
G
- geotextile
- grade
- grade control structures
- green roof
- green space
- geotextile
- gross solids
- grubbing
H
- herbaceous perennial
- High-density polyethylene
- 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
- impaired water
- incised stream
- infiltration basin
- infiltration rate
- inlet structure
- integral curb
- intensive roof
- intermittent flow channel
- invert
- iron-enhanced sand filter
J
K
L
- large lot residential
- level spreader
- live storage
- longitudinal slope
- low permeability soils
M
N
O
- ordinary high water level
- outfall
- overland flow
P
- particle size distribution
- perennial
- perennial stream
- perimeter control
- permanent cover
- permanent stormwater management
- pilings
- plugs
- point of discharge
- polymer
- porosity (f)
- Portland cement concrete
- Prairie du Chien formation,
- Prescribed burning
- pretreatment
- proprietary structures
- public ditch
- public water
Q
R
- Rationale Method
- receiving water
- redundant
- removal efficiency
- resuspension
- riparian zone
- riprap
- riprap
- rock armored
- rock riffle
Sa-Sn
- scour hole
- scouring
- screen (for pretreatment)
- sediment basin
- sediment trap
- sediment control
- settling ponds
- settling device (for pretreatment)
- settling time
- short-circuiting
- shallow depth to bedrock
- Shallow soils
- sheet flow
- sheet pile
- side slope
- silt
- silt curtain
- silt fence
- sinkhole
- Site Location / Minimum Setbacks
- sizing
- skimmer
So-Sz
- soil aggregation
- soil compaction
- soil moisture holding capacity (gravity drained water)
- soil organic matter
- soil quality
- soil stabilization
- soil structure
- soil texture
- soluble
- sorption
- special water
- specific gravity
- spill response plan
- spillway
- steep slopes
- stockpile
- stormwater conveyance channel
- sump
- sump manhole
- surface roughness
- swale
- SWPPP
T
- temporary seeding
- trapezoid
- travel time
- treatment train
- turbid
- turf reinforcement mat
- two-stage channel
U
- highly urban and ultra-urban environments
- underdrain
- under-draining
V
- vane weir structures
- Vegetated filter strip
- vegetated swale
W
- washout
- water quality standard
- Water Quality Volume
- A water table aquifer
- wave energy
- weir
- Wellhead Protection Areas
- well logs
- wet pond
- wet storage
- wet swale