Forebay definition

Forebay means a device located at the head of a wet detention pond to capture incoming sediment before it reaches the main portion of the pond. The forebay is typically an excavated settling basin or a section separated by a low weir.

Forebay means a deeper area at the upstream end of a stormwater management facility that would be maintained through excavation.

Forebay means the water impounded immediately upstream of an artificial obstruction.

Examples of Forebay in a sentence

• These reservoirs include Pyramid Lake, Castaic Lake, Elderberry Forebay, Silverwood Lake, Lake Perris, Lake Skinner, Lake Mathews, Live Oak Reservoir, Garvey Reservoir, Palos Verdes Reservoir, Orange County Reservoir, and Metropolitan’s Diamond Valley Lake (DVL).

• Any contractual rights to or delivery of Article 21 Interruptible Water prior to the point(s) in time each year DWR determines that a volume of water equal to the volume of current year Project Water for Table A in San Luis Reservoir attributable to DCF in the SWP share of San Luis Reservoir storage will be displaced or evacuated by a quantity of exports equal to the quantity of exports from Clifton Court Forebay that would have been stored in San Luis Reservoir absent the DCF.

• Right to or delivery of Project Water attributable to the DCF, provided that DWR determines that such water would not have been available for diversion at Clifton Court Forebay.

• Departmental staff provides engineering support as needed for the daily operations of the District, including Water Production, Forebay Recharge, Prado Operations, Seawater Barrier Operations and Property Management.

• Forebay: Forebays provide an opportunity for larger particles to settle out, which will reduce the required frequency of sediment removal in the permanent pool.

More Definitions of Forebay

Forebay means a device located at the head of a wet detention pond to capture incoming sediment

Forebay means the body of water represented in the drawing (which is approximately 500 feet upstream of the Dam), which is attached hereto as Appendix B “Forebay and Tailrace Diagram” and incorporated herein by this reference.

Forebay means the body of water from the Dam face upstream approximately 500 feet.

Forebay means a storage space located near a stormwater BMP inlet that serves to trap incoming coarse sediments before they accumulate in the main treatment area.

Forebay is a settling basin, engineered structure, or plunge pool constructed at the incoming discharge points of a stormwater BMP which helps to isolate the sediment deposition in an accessible area.

Forebay means a pond-like structure that receives storm water prior to its entrance into the main portion of the pond with the purpose of removing coarse-grained sediment.

Forebay means a pond−like structure that receives storm water prior to its entrance into the main portion of the pond with the purpose of removing coarse−grained sediment.