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;Low impact development
;Low impact development
:A stormwater management strategy that seeks to mitigate the impacts of increased urban runoff and stormwater pollution by managing it as close to its source as possible. It comprises a set of site design approaches and small scale stormwater management practices that promote the use of natural systems for infiltration and
:A stormwater management strategy that seeks to mitigate the impacts of increased urban runoff and stormwater pollution by managing it as close to its source as possible. It comprises a set of site design approaches and small scale stormwater management practices that promote the use of natural systems for infiltration and evapotranspiration, and rainwater harvesting.
evapotranspiration, and rainwater harvesting.


;Master environmental servicing plan  
;Master environmental servicing plan  
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;Permeable pavement
;Permeable pavement
:An alternative practice to traditional impervious pavement, prevents the generation of runoff by allowing precipitation falling on the surface to infiltrate through the
:An alternative practice to traditional impervious pavement, prevents the generation of runoff by allowing precipitation falling on the surface to infiltrate through the surface course into an underlying stone reservoir and, where suitable conditions exist, into the native soil.
surface course into an underlying stone reservoir and, where suitable conditions exist, into the native soil.


;Physiography
;Physiography
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;Water Balance:  
;Water Balance:  
The accounting of inflow and outflow of water in a system according to the components of the hydrologic cycle.
:The accounting of inflow and outflow of water in a system according to the components of the hydrologic cycle.


;Water cycle
;Water cycle

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