Hover box definitions

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We have only begun to use them since June, 2019. When we modify older pages, we will incorporate hover boxes into updates.

This page lists standard definitions used in hover boxes throughout this manual. Hover your mouse over any bolded term and a definition will be displayed. This list will continue to expand as new terms are encountered. You'll note that some terms have not yet been defined (not bolded).

A

• aggregate
• aquatic habitat
• armoring
• arterial roads
• alum

B

• baffle
• bank stabilization
• baseflow
• basin
• bathymetric survey
• berm
• best management practice
• biodegradation
• biofiltration
• bioinfiltration
• biological oxygen demand
• biomass
• bioretention practice
• Bioswale
• biotic impairment
• brownfield
• Brushing
• buffer zones
• build-up
• bypass flow

C

• catch basin
• catchment
• categorical wasteload allocation
• cation exchange capacity
• chain of custody
• 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 oxygen
• dissolved phosphorus
• disconnected roof runoff
• Disturbed soils
• ditch checks
• drainage Area
• Drinking Water Source Management Area (DWSMA),
• “drop waterfalls”
• dry storage
• dry swale
• dry weather flow

E

• earthen berm
• Earthen check dams
• ecoregion
• electrical conductivity
• 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

• feedstock
• 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

• Geographic Information System (GIS)
• geometric mean
• 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

• illicit discharge
• impaired water
• implementation plan
• incised stream
• infiltration
• infiltration basin
• infiltration rate
• inlet structure
• integral curb
• intensive roof
• intermittent flow channel
• invert
• iron-enhanced sand filter

K

• Karst

L

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

M

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

N

• nitrous oxide
• Notice of Termination

O

• ordinary high water level
• organic material
• outfall
• overland flow

P

• particle size distribution
• pathogen
• perennial
• perennial stream
• performance goal
• perimeter control
• permanent cover
• permanent stormwater management
• Phase 1
• Phase 2
• physically-based model
• pilings
• plug flow.
• plugs
• point of discharge
• polymer
• porosity (f)
• Portland cement concrete
• Prairie du Chien formation,
• Prescribed burning
• pretreatment
• proprietary structures
• public ditch
• public water

Q

• QA/QC
• Quality Assurance Project Plan

R

• rainfall distribution
• Rational Method
• receiving water
• redundant
• removal efficiency
• resuspension
• riparian zone
• riprap
• riprap
• rock armored
• rock riffle
• runoff coefficient

Sa-Sn

• sanitary sewer
• scour hole
• scouring
• screen (for pretreatment)
• Secchi disk
• sediment basin
• sediment trap
• sediment control
• sedimentation
• settling ponds
• settling device (for pretreatment)
• settling time
• settling velocity
• 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
• sonde
• sorption
• special water
• specific gravity
• spill response plan
• spillway
• standard operating procedure
• steep slopes
• stockpile
• Stoke's Law
• stormwater conveyance channel
• structural stormwater BMP
• subsurface sewage treatment system (SSTS)
• sump
• sump manhole
• surface roughness
• suspended solids
• swale
• SWPPP

T

• temporary seeding
• time of concentration
• total maximum daily load
• total phosphorus
• trapezoid
• travel time
• treatment train
• turbid
• turbulent drag
• 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
• viscosity

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