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*<span title="A catch basin is an engineered drainage structure with the sole function of collecting rainwater and snowmelt from streets and parking lots and transporting it to local waterways through a system of underground piping, culverts, and / or drainage ditches"> '''catch basin'''</span> | *<span title="A catch basin is an engineered drainage structure with the sole function of collecting rainwater and snowmelt from streets and parking lots and transporting it to local waterways through a system of underground piping, culverts, and / or drainage ditches"> '''catch basin'''</span> | ||
*<span title="The area that drains to a point of interest, such as a stormwater BMP or a receiving water"> '''catchment'''</span> | *<span title="The area that drains to a point of interest, such as a stormwater BMP or a receiving water"> '''catchment'''</span> | ||
| + | *<span title="Categorical wasteload allocations assign a cumulative pollutant load to more than one permitted entity. Individual allocations assign separate loads to each permitted entity."> '''categorical wasteload allocation'''</span> | ||
*<span title="a measure of how many cations can be retained on soil particle surfaces"> '''cation exchange capacity'''</span> | *<span title="a measure of how many cations can be retained on soil particle surfaces"> '''cation exchange capacity'''</span> | ||
*<span title="A check dam is a structure installed perpendicular to flow in a natural or manmade conveyance channel to reduce flow velocity. By slowing flow velocities, check dams can serve multiple functions including reduction of channel scour and erosion, enhancement of sediment trapping, and greater treatment of the water quality control volume via enhanced water detention or retention. Typical check dam materials include rock, earth, wood, and concrete. "> '''check dam'''</span> | *<span title="A check dam is a structure installed perpendicular to flow in a natural or manmade conveyance channel to reduce flow velocity. By slowing flow velocities, check dams can serve multiple functions including reduction of channel scour and erosion, enhancement of sediment trapping, and greater treatment of the water quality control volume via enhanced water detention or retention. Typical check dam materials include rock, earth, wood, and concrete. "> '''check dam'''</span> | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 23 August 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
- bathymetric survey
- berm
- best management practice
- biodegradation
- biofiltration
- bioinfiltration
- bioretention practice
- Bioswale
- biotic impairment
- brownfield
- Brushing
- buffer zones
- build-up
- bypass flow
C
- catch basin
- catchment
- categorical wasteload allocation
- cation exchange capacity
- check dam
- cistern
- clay
- coagulation
- coarse sediment
- cofferdam
- coir
- collector roadway
- compacted soil
- compost
- compost maturity
- concentrated flow
- concentrated stormwater runoff
- continuous model
- contributing area
- conventional roof
- curb-cut
- curb bump-out
- curve number method
D
- dead storage
- depression 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
- empirical model
- energy dissipation
- energy dissipation
- engineered media
- Emergency Response Area
- ephemeral stream
- erosion control blankets
- erosion control mix
- erosion protection
- evapotranspiration
- event mean concentration
- 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
- 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
- manhole
- media
- mesic
- model
- moderate to steep slopes
- MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System)
- mulching
N
O
- ordinary high water level
- outfall
- overland flow
P
- particle size distribution
- perennial
- perennial stream
- performance goal
- perimeter control
- permanent cover
- permanent stormwater management
- physically-based model
- 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
- runoff coefficient
Sa-Sn
- scour hole
- scouring
- screen (for pretreatment)
- sediment basin
- sediment trap
- sediment control
- sedimentation
- settling ponds
- settling device (for pretreatment)
- settling time
- shallow depth to bedrock
- Shallow soils
- sheet flow
- sheet pile
- short-circuiting
- 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
- soil type
- soluble
- sorption
- special water
- specific gravity
- spill response plan
- spillway
- steep slopes
- stockpile
- stormwater conveyance channel
- structural stormwater BMP
- sump
- sump manhole
- surface roughness
- swale
- SWPPP
T
- temporary seeding
- total maximum daily load
- trapezoid
- travel time
- treatment train
- turbid
- turf reinforcement mat
- two-stage channel
U
- highly urban and ultra-urban environments
- underdrain
- under-draining
- undersized BMP
V
- vane weir structures
- Vegetated filter strip
- vegetated swale
W
- wash-off
- washout
- wasteload allocation
- water quality standard
- Water Quality Volume
- A water table aquifer
- wave energy
- weir
- Wellhead Protection Areas
- well logs
- wet pond
- wet storage
- wet swale