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*<span title="A broad category of coarse to medium grained particulate material used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete and geosynthetic aggregates"> '''aggregate'''</span>
 
*<span title="A broad category of coarse to medium grained particulate material used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete and geosynthetic aggregates"> '''aggregate'''</span>
 
*<span title="Soil aggregation involves the binding together of several soil particles into secondary units"> '''aggregation'''</span>
 
*<span title="Soil aggregation involves the binding together of several soil particles into secondary units"> '''aggregation'''</span>
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*<span title="Alum, or aluminium sulfate, reacts with the bicarbonate alkalinities in water and forms a precipitate which attracts other fine particles and suspended material and settles out of the water column."> '''alum'''</span>
 
*<span title="A compound containing carbon and hydrogen joined together in straight chains, branched trains or non-aromatic rings."> '''aliphatic'''</span>
 
*<span title="A compound containing carbon and hydrogen joined together in straight chains, branched trains or non-aromatic rings."> '''aliphatic'''</span>
 
*<span title="Of, relating to, or resulting from the influence of human beings on nature"> '''anthropogenic'''</span>
 
*<span title="Of, relating to, or resulting from the influence of human beings on nature"> '''anthropogenic'''</span>
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*<span title="A property of cyclic (ring-shaped), typically planar chemical compounds that gives increased stability compared to other geometric or connective arrangements with the same set of atoms."> '''aromatic'''</span>
 
*<span title="A property of cyclic (ring-shaped), typically planar chemical compounds that gives increased stability compared to other geometric or connective arrangements with the same set of atoms."> '''aromatic'''</span>
 
*<span title="A high-capacity urban road. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector roads to freeways or expressways, and between urban centres at the highest level of service possible"> '''arterial roads'''</span>
 
*<span title="A high-capacity urban road. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector roads to freeways or expressways, and between urban centres at the highest level of service possible"> '''arterial roads'''</span>
*<span title="Alum, or aluminium sulfate, reacts with the bicarbonate alkalinities in water and forms a precipitate which attracts other fine particles and suspended material and settles out of the water column."> '''alum'''</span>
 
 
*<span title="An aquatic environment lacking oxygen"> '''anoxic'''</span>
 
*<span title="An aquatic environment lacking oxygen"> '''anoxic'''</span>
 
*<span title="As-built refers to a drawing that shows the existing dimensions and conditions of a stormwater structure or device."> '''as-built'''</span>
 
*<span title="As-built refers to a drawing that shows the existing dimensions and conditions of a stormwater structure or device."> '''as-built'''</span>

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A

  • aggregate
  • aggregation
  • alum
  • aliphatic
  • anthropogenic
  • antidegradation
  • aquatic habitat
  • armoring
  • aromatic
  • arterial roads
  • anoxic
  • as-built

B

C

  • carbon sequestration
  • catch basin
  • catchment
  • categorical wasteload allocation
  • cation exchange capacity
  • cellulose
  • chain of custody
  • channelized flow
  • chemical oxygen demand
  • check dam
  • chelating agent
  • cistern
  • clay
  • claypan
  • Clean Water Act
  • climate adaptation
  • coagulation
  • coarse sediment
  • coarse texture
  • cofferdam
  • coir
  • collector roadway
  • combined sewer
  • commercial land use
  • compacted soil
  • compost
  • compost maturity
  • concentrated flow
  • concentrated stormwater runoff
  • connected impervious
  • continuous model
  • contributing drainage area
  • credit (stormwater credit)
  • conventional roof
  • curb-cut
  • curb bump-out
  • curve number method

D

E

F

G

  • Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • geometric mean
  • geotextile
  • Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • grade
  • grade control structures
  • gray infrastructure
  • green infrastructure
  • green stormwater infrastructure
  • green roof
  • green space
  • geotextile
  • gross solids
  • grubbing

H

  • hardness
  • harvest and reuse
  • heat island
  • herbaceous perennial
  • High-density polyethylene
  • highly urban and ultra-urban environments
  • hopper
  • hydraulic conductivity (k)
  • hydraulic grade line
  • hydraulic gradient (i),
  • hydraulic head
  • hydraulic model
  • hydrocarbon
  • hydrodynamic separator
  • hydrogeology
  • hydrologic soil group
  • hydrometer
  • hydroseed

I

J

K

L

  • large lot residential
  • leaching
  • level spreader
  • lidar
  • lignin
  • live storage
  • loam
  • longitudinal slope
  • low permeability soils

M

  • macropore
  • manhole
  • manufactured treatment device
  • media
  • mesic
  • mesocarp
  • microclimate
  • model
  • moderate to steep slopes
  • mounding
  • MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System)
  • mulching

N

O

  • observation well
  • offline
  • open space
  • ordinary high water level
  • organic material
  • outfall
  • overland flow
  • oxidation-reduction reaction

P

  • P8
  • particle size distribution
  • particulate phosphorus
  • particulate matter (air)
  • particulate matter (water)
  • ped
  • pathogen
  • perennial
  • perennial stream
  • performance goal
  • perimeter control
  • permanent cover
  • permanent pool
  • permanent stormwater management
  • permeable pavement
  • permeable reactive barrier
  • Phase 1
  • Phase 2
  • physically-based model
  • pilings
  • plug flow.
  • plugs
  • point of discharge
  • pollution prevention
  • polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  • polymer
  • porosity (f)
  • Portland cement concrete
  • Prairie du Chien formation
  • Prescribed burning
  • pre-settlement
  • pretreatment
  • pre-wetting
  • primary treatment practice
  • proprietary structures
  • public ditch
  • public water

Q

  • QA/QC
  • Quality Assurance Project Plan

R

Sa-Sn

So-Sz

T

U

  • highly urban and ultra-urban environments
  • underdrain
  • under-draining
  • undersized BMP

V

W

X

Y

Z