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

  • alum

B

  • best management practice
  • bioinfiltration
  • bioretention practice
  • buffer zones.

C

  • clay
  • coarse sediment
  • concentrated flow
  • conventional roof

D

E

F

  • filter fabric
  • flocculant
  • flow paths
  • footprint
  • fractured flow

G

  • grade
  • green roof

H

  • highly urban and ultra-urban environments
  • hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer material (k),
  • hydraulic gradient (i),
  • hydrogeology

I

J

K

L

  • live storage
  • low permeability soils

M

  • media
  • moderate to steep slopes

N

O

P

  • perimeter control
  • permanent cover
  • permanent stormwater management
  • point of discharge
  • polymer
  • porosity (f)
  • Prairie du Chien formation,
  • pretreatment

Q

R

  • riprap
  • rock armored

S

T

  • travel time

U

  • highly urban and ultra-urban environments
  • underdrain

V

  • vegetated swale

W

X

Y

Z