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*<span title="Impaired waters are bodies of water that exceed the limits of one or more parameters for surface water quality"> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Special_Waters_and_Impaired_Waters '''impaired water''']</span> | *<span title="Impaired waters are bodies of water that exceed the limits of one or more parameters for surface water quality"> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Special_Waters_and_Impaired_Waters '''impaired water''']</span> | ||
*<span title="A stream channel in which the bed has dropped and as a result, the stream is disconnected from its floodplain. Incised channels are often referred to as degraded channels."> '''incised stream'''</span> | *<span title="A stream channel in which the bed has dropped and as a result, the stream is disconnected from its floodplain. Incised channels are often referred to as degraded channels."> '''incised stream'''</span> | ||
+ | *span title="Infiltration Best Management Practices (BMPs) treat urban stormwater runoff as it flows through a filtering medium and into underlying soil, where it may eventually percolate into groundwater. The filtering media is typically coarse-textured and may contain organic material, as in the case of bioinfiltration BMPs."> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Stormwater_infiltration_Best_Management_Practices '''infiltration''']</span> | ||
*<span title="Infiltration basins, infiltration trenches, dry wells, and underground infiltration systems capture and temporarily store stormwater before allowing it to infiltrate into the soil. As the stormwater penetrates the underlying soil, chemical, biological and physical processes remove pollutants and delay peak stormwater flows."> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Infiltration '''infiltration basin''']</span> | *<span title="Infiltration basins, infiltration trenches, dry wells, and underground infiltration systems capture and temporarily store stormwater before allowing it to infiltrate into the soil. As the stormwater penetrates the underlying soil, chemical, biological and physical processes remove pollutants and delay peak stormwater flows."> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Infiltration '''infiltration basin''']</span> | ||
*<span title="The infiltration rate is the velocity or speed at which water enters into the soil"> '''infiltration rate'''</span> | *<span title="The infiltration rate is the velocity or speed at which water enters into the soil"> '''infiltration rate'''</span> |
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