Drainage problem definition

Drainage problem means the discharge of effluent or a pollutant onto a public right-of-way and/or into a drainage facility which causes the hydraulic capacity of that drainage facility to be exceeded and results in flooding. This definition includes the discharge of a pollutant which reduces the hydraulic capacity of a drainage facility by the deposit of solids therein.
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Drainage problem means problems caused by accumulated or running snow melt water.
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Related to Drainage problem

  • Drainage means the removal of surface water or groundwater

  • Curbside “Curb” means that portion of the right-of-way adjacent to paved or traveled roadways, including the end of a driveway, curb line or alley line. Containers will be placed as close to the roadway as practicable without interfering with or endangering the movement of vehicles or pedestrians.

  • drainage work means any watercourse and includes any land which is expected to provide flood storage capacity for any watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance, constructed or used for land drainage or flood defence;

  • Drainage system means one or more artificial ditches, tile drains or similar devices which collect surface runoff or groundwater and convey it to a point of discharge.

  • Drainage area means a geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving waterbody or to a particular point along a receiving waterbody.