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A

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

B

  • baffle
  • bank stabilization
  • baseflow
  • basin
  • bathymetric survey
  • berm
  • best management practice
  • biochar
  • bioavailable
  • 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
  • Clean Water Act
  • coagulation
  • coarse sediment
  • cofferdam
  • coir
  • collector roadway
  • compacted soil
  • compost
  • compost maturity
  • concentrated flow
  • concentrated stormwater runoff
  • connected impervious
  • continuous model
  • contributing area
  • conventional roof
  • curb-cut
  • curb bump-out
  • curve number method

D

E

F

  • feedstock
  • fiber roll
  • fill
  • filter fabric
  • filtration
  • filter strip
  • fine sand
  • final stabilization
  • fine textured soil
  • 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
  • hydrologic soil group
  • hydroseed

I

J

K

L

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

M

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

N

O

P

  • particle size distribution
  • pathogen
  • perennial
  • perennial stream
  • performance goal
  • perimeter control
  • permanent cover
  • permanent stormwater management
  • permeable pavement
  • Phase 1
  • Phase 2
  • physically-based model
  • pilings
  • plug flow.
  • plugs
  • point of discharge
  • pollution prevention
  • 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

So-Sz

  • soil aggregation
  • soil compaction
  • soil erosion
  • 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
  • stormwater wetland
  • structural stormwater BMP
  • subsurface sewage treatment system (SSTS)
  • sump
  • sump manhole
  • surface roughness
  • suspended solids
  • swale
  • SWPPP

T

U

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

V

W

X

Y

Z