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*wet storage
 
*wet storage
 
*<span title="Wet swales occur when the water table is located very close to the surface or water does not readily drain out of the swale. A wet swale acts as a very long and linear shallow biofiltration or linear wetland treatment system."> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Wet_swale_(wetland_channel) '''wet swale''']</span>
 
*<span title="Wet swales occur when the water table is located very close to the surface or water does not readily drain out of the swale. A wet swale acts as a very long and linear shallow biofiltration or linear wetland treatment system."> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Wet_swale_(wetland_channel) '''wet swale''']</span>
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*<span title="The interface between soil that is unchanged from the initial state and the newly wetted zone from an infiltration or irrigation event."> '''wetting front'''</span>
 
*<span title="The wilting point, also called the permanent wilting point, may be defined as the amount of water per unit weight or per unit soil bulk volume in the soil, expressed in percent, that is held so tightly by the soil matrix that roots cannot absorb this water and a plant will wilt."> '''wilting point'''</span>
 
*<span title="The wilting point, also called the permanent wilting point, may be defined as the amount of water per unit weight or per unit soil bulk volume in the soil, expressed in percent, that is held so tightly by the soil matrix that roots cannot absorb this water and a plant will wilt."> '''wilting point'''</span>
 
*<span title="A stormwater quality model developed for the USGS by John Voorhees and Robert Pitt for evaluation of nonpoint pollution in urban areas. The model is based on field observations of grass swales, wet detention ponds, porous pavement, filter strips, cisterns and rain barrels, hydrodynamic settling devices, rain gardens/biofilters and street sweeping, as either other source area or outfall control practices. The focus of the model is on small storm hydrology and particulate washoff."> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Available_stormwater_models_and_selecting_a_model#WinSLAMM '''WinSLAMM''']</span>
 
*<span title="A stormwater quality model developed for the USGS by John Voorhees and Robert Pitt for evaluation of nonpoint pollution in urban areas. The model is based on field observations of grass swales, wet detention ponds, porous pavement, filter strips, cisterns and rain barrels, hydrodynamic settling devices, rain gardens/biofilters and street sweeping, as either other source area or outfall control practices. The focus of the model is on small storm hydrology and particulate washoff."> [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=Available_stormwater_models_and_selecting_a_model#WinSLAMM '''WinSLAMM''']</span>

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A

  • active karst
  • aggregate
  • aggregation
  • alum
  • aliphatic
  • aliquot
  • anthropogenic
  • antidegradation
  • aquatic habitat
  • armoring
  • aromatic
  • arterial roads
  • anoxic
  • as-built
  • aspect
  • available water capacity

B

  • baffle
  • bank stabilization
  • baseflow
  • baseline condition
  • baseline year
  • base saturation
  • basin
  • bathymetric survey
  • berm
  • best management practice
  • Better Site Design
  • biochar
  • bioavailable
  • biodegradation
  • biofiltration
  • bioinfiltration
  • biological oxygen demand
  • biomass
  • bioreactor
  • bioretention practice
  • Bioswale
  • biotic impairment
  • blue-green infrastructure
  • bmp lifespan
  • bounce
  • brownfield
  • Brushing
  • buffer zones
  • build-up
  • bulk density
  • bypass flow

Ca-Cl

  • C-33 sand
  • 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

Cm-Cz

D

E

F

  • feedstock
  • fiber roll
  • field capacity
  • fill
  • filter fabric
  • filter strip
  • filtration
  • fine sand
  • final stabilization
  • fine textured soil
  • first flush
  • flash
  • floatables
  • flocculant
  • flocculation
  • flow path
  • flow-through device
  • flow-weighted mean concentration
  • fluvial systems
  • footprint
  • forebay
  • fractured flow
  • functional group

G

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

H

  • hardness
  • harvest and reuse
  • heat island
  • herbaceous perennial
  • herbivory
  • High-density polyethylene
  • highly urban and ultra-urban environments
  • hopper
  • hydraulic conductivity (k)
  • hydraulic grade line
  • hydraulic gradient (i),
  • hydraulic head
  • hydraulic model
  • hydric
  • 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 impact development (LID)
  • low permeability soils
  • lysimeter

M

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

N

  • native species
  • NPDES
  • nitrification
  • nitrous oxide
  • non-structural practice
  • Notice of Termination
  • nutrient cycling

O

Pa-Pm

  • 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

Pn-Pz

  • 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
  • uniformity coefficient

V

W

X

Y

Z