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A

  • arterial roads
  • alum

B

  • bank stabilization
  • best management practice
  • bioinfiltration
  • bioretention practice
  • Bioswale
  • Brushing
  • buffer zones.
  • bypass flow

C

  • clay
  • coagulation
  • coarse sediment
  • collector roadway
  • concentrated flow
  • concentrated stormwater runoff
  • conventional roof
  • curb-cut
  • curb bump-out

D

E

F

  • filter fabric
  • filter strip
  • flash
  • flocculant
  • flocculation
  • flow paths
  • fluvial systems
  • footprint
  • forebay
  • fractured flow

G

  • grade
  • grade control structures
  • green roof
  • geotextile

H

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

I

J

K

L

  • live storage
  • longitudinal slope
  • low permeability soils

M

  • media
  • mesic
  • moderate to steep slopes
  • mulching

N

O

P

  • perimeter control
  • permanent cover
  • permanent stormwater management
  • plugs
  • point of discharge
  • polymer
  • porosity (f)
  • Portland cement concrete
  • Prairie du Chien formation,
  • Prescribed burning
  • pretreatment
  • proprietary structures

Q

R

  • riprap
  • riprap
  • rock armored
  • rock riffle

S

T

  • travel time
  • turbid
  • two-stage channel

U

  • highly urban and ultra-urban environments
  • underdrain

V

W

X

Y

Z