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    Urban runoff is surface runoff of rainwater, landscape irrigation, and car washing created by urbanization. Impervious surfaces (roads, parking lots and...
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  • runoff or overland flow. Once in a watercourse, runoff is referred to as streamflow, channel runoff, or river runoff. Urban runoff is surface runoff created...
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    Surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or...
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    of water as a coolant by power plants and industrial manufacturers. Urban runoff—stormwater discharged to surface waters from rooftops, roads, and parking...
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    The Nationwide Urban Runoff Program (NURP) was a research project conducted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) between 1979 and...
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    sewage discharges, industrial activities, agricultural activities, and urban runoff including stormwater. Water pollution is either surface water pollution...
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    boating activities. In urban areas, contaminated storm water washed off of parking lots, roads and highways, called urban runoff, is usually included under...
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    pollution). In addition to the pollutants carried in stormwater runoff, urban runoff is being recognized as a cause of pollution in its own right Stormwater...
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    retention basins, by capturing large sediments and street litter from urban runoff before it enters the storm drainage pipes. Pipes can come in many different...
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    Rain garden (category Hydrology and urban planning)
    reduce the flow rate, total quantity, and pollutant load of runoff from impervious urban areas like roofs, driveways, walkways, parking lots, and compacted...
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    and industrial wastewater Stream restoration Surface runoff Sustainable drainage system Urban runoff Water pollution Jonenbach flood retention basin Water...
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    Pollution (redirect from Urban pollution)
    waste and contaminants into surface runoff flowing to surface waters (including urban runoff and agricultural runoff, which may contain chemical fertilizers...
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    other sources, can no longer sufficiently rapidly infiltrate the soil. Urban runoff, including water used for outdoor cleaning activity and landscape irrigation...
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  • Surface runoff, when water runs off impervious surfaces, such as non-porous concrete, can cause severe soil erosion and flooding. Urban runoff tends to...
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    The 1972 law did not address surface runoff from farms or urban runoff pollution. Municipal stormwater runoff became subject to regulation in 1987, although...
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    Faster than Other Urban Areas". Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2008. "Runoff (surface water runoff)". USGS Water Science...
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    particularly surface runoff and water pollution trends. SuDS have become popular in recent decades as understanding of how urban development affects natural...
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    Primary sources for TDS in receiving waters are agricultural runoff and residential (urban) runoff, clay-rich mountain waters, leaching of soil contamination...
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    Sewage (redirect from Urban wastewater)
    in a sanitary sewer or in a combined sewer. The latter also conveys urban runoff (stormwater) which means the sewage gets diluted during rain events.: 9 ...
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    system of pipes, tunnels, pump stations etc. to transport sewage and urban runoff together to a sewage treatment plant or disposal site. This means that...
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    oceanic debris is from rubbish blown onto the water from landfills, and urban runoff. Some studies show that marine debris may be dominant in particular locations...
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    The two-round system (TRS), also known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate, where voters...
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    the remainder of the storm. Consequently, these high concentrations of urban runoff result in high levels of pollutants discharged from storm sewers to surface...
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    stormwater runoff directly to streams with little or no focus on ecosystem preservation. This management approach results in what is referred to as urban stream...
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    typically much smaller in diameter than combined sewers which also transport urban runoff. Backups of raw sewage can occur if excessive stormwater inflow or groundwater...
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    watermen (fishermen) since the mid-20th century. Nutrient pollution and urban runoff have been identified as major components of impaired water quality in...
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    sanitation." Water pollution in Canada is caused by municipal sewage, urban runoff, industrial pollution and industrial waste, agricultural pollution, inadequate...
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  • 35539.12 grants IRWD the authority to provide urban runoff treatment services within the District. Urban runoff is the excess water that carries pollutants...
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    tanks Sewage Shipping Sludge Stagnation Sulfur water Surface runoff Turbidity Urban runoff Water quality Wastewater Topics History Pollutants Heavy metals...
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    controlling pollution from confined animal operations and from surface runoff that may be contaminated by chemicals in fertilizer, pesticides, animal...
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