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A

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

B

C

  • 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
  • coagulation
  • coarse sediment
  • coarse texture
  • cofferdam
  • coir
  • collector roadway
  • combined sewer
  • commercial land use
  • compacted soil
  • compost
  • compost maturity
  • concentrated flow
  • concentrated stormwater runoff
  • connected impervious
  • continuous model
  • contributing drainage area
  • credit (stormwater credit)
  • conventional roof
  • curb-cut
  • curb bump-out
  • curve number method

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
  • 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
  • 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 permeability soils

M

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

N

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

V

W

X

Y

Z