Channel Protection Volume definition

Channel Protection Volume means the volume of runoff generated by a 1-year, 24-hour duration storm event to prevent habitat degradation and erosion that may cause downstream enlargement and incision due to increased frequency of bank-full and near-bank-full flows. See the Iowa Stormwater Management Manual for details on calculating the channel protection volume.

Examples of Channel Protection Volume in a sentence

  • The model will be utilized to determine and confirm critical treatment volumes for each delineated sub-watershed to include Water Quality Volume (WQv) and Channel Protection Volume (CPv).