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*<span title=" constructed with clayey soils with low permeability and therefore are considered impermeable."> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Check_dams_for_stormwater_swales Earthen check dams]</span>
 
*<span title=" constructed with clayey soils with low permeability and therefore are considered impermeable."> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Check_dams_for_stormwater_swales Earthen check dams]</span>
 
*<span title="A levee, an artificial bank raised above the immediately surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding"> '''embankment'''</span>
 
*<span title="A levee, an artificial bank raised above the immediately surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding"> '''embankment'''</span>
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*<span title="A model based on experimental data. Empirical models can be deterministic or probabilistic."> '''empirical model'''</span>
 
*<span title="Interception of incoming flow to deflect, scatter, or otherwise neutralize the erosive force of concentrated, moving stormwater."> '''energy dissipation'''</span>
 
*<span title="Interception of incoming flow to deflect, scatter, or otherwise neutralize the erosive force of concentrated, moving stormwater."> '''energy dissipation'''</span>
 
*<span title="Permanent or temporary energy dissipators prevent erosion, turbulence, and turbidity where stormwater pipes or ditches discharge to unprotected areas, such as channel banks, slopes, or upslope outfall locations. Their main purpose is to reduce the speed of concentrated flows to prevent scour at conveyance outlets. This practice is also called Scour Protection or Outlet Protection. Common types of outlet protection devices include concrete aprons, riprap-lined basins, and settling basins. "> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Sediment_control_practices_-_Outlet_energy_dissipation'''energy dissipation''']</span>
 
*<span title="Permanent or temporary energy dissipators prevent erosion, turbulence, and turbidity where stormwater pipes or ditches discharge to unprotected areas, such as channel banks, slopes, or upslope outfall locations. Their main purpose is to reduce the speed of concentrated flows to prevent scour at conveyance outlets. This practice is also called Scour Protection or Outlet Protection. Common types of outlet protection devices include concrete aprons, riprap-lined basins, and settling basins. "> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Sediment_control_practices_-_Outlet_energy_dissipation'''energy dissipation''']</span>

Revision as of 16:53, 14 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.

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
  • 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

E

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

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

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

Sa-Sn

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

U

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

V

W

X

Y

Z

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