Urban runoff: Storm water from city streets and adjacent domestic or commercial properties that may carry pollutants of various kinds into the sewer systems and/or receiving waters.
USGS: United States Geological Survey.
Urban Runoff
Storm water from city streets and adjacent domestic or commercial properties that may pickup terrestrial contamination and carry pollutants of various kinds into sewer systems and/or receiving waters.
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URBAN RUNOFF: Water from an urban area that neither infiltrates the soil nor is consumed, but flows into a storm sewer or open waterway.
urban runoff Storm water from city streets, usually carrying litter and organic wastes. ventilation Atmospheric air circulation determined by wind speed and mixing height.
wet pond Pond for urban runoff management that is designed to detain urban runoff and always contains water.
wet well A subsurface chamber used to collect and store water or wastewater prior to pumping or transferring to additional treatment.
Nonpoint Source (NPS) Contamination: : water contamination derived from diffuse sources such as construction sites, agricultural fields, and urban runoff.
compliance by water utilities in applying and enforcing standards that exist, but faulted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to establish standards on so many of the contaminants"from industry, agriculture and urban ...
 See also: Water, Pollutant, Waste, Environment, Runoff
  
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