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;Permeable pavement
;Permeable pavement
;Permeable paving
: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.
: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.


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:The time needed for a drop of water to reach the outlet of a catchment from the most remote location within the catchment.
:The time needed for a drop of water to reach the outlet of a catchment from the most remote location within the catchment.


;Treatment Train
;Treatment train
:A combination of lot level, conveyance, and end-of-pipe stormwater management practices.
:A combination of lot level, conveyance, and end-of-pipe stormwater management practices.


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:The changing of land cover and land uses from rural to urban; the growth of urban settlements.
:The changing of land cover and land uses from rural to urban; the growth of urban settlements.


;Vegetated Filter Strip
;Vegetated filter strip
:Are gently sloping, densely vegetated areas that treat runoff as sheet flow from adjacent impervious areas. They function by slowing runoff velocity and filtering out suspended sediment and associated pollutants, and by providing some infiltration into underlying soils. Also known as buffer strips and grassed filter strips.
:Are gently sloping, densely vegetated areas that treat runoff as sheet flow from adjacent impervious areas. They function by slowing runoff velocity and filtering out suspended sediment and associated pollutants, and by providing some infiltration into underlying soils. Also known as buffer strips and grassed filter strips.


;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.


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