Imperviousness definition

Imperviousness means and refers to the percentage of an area that is considered impervious per the USGS Geodatabase.
Imperviousness means the degree to which land is impervious.

Examples of Imperviousness in a sentence

  • Key components for interpretation of the model output include: ! Pollutant loading (annual, individual storm event) by subwatershed ! Imperviousness by subwatershed ! Flow frequency for tributaries ! In-stream water quality (annual, seasonal, and critical low flow) ! ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Reservoir water quality (mean summer chlorophyll-a) Model results will also be used to develop a Site Assessment System (SAS) to support evaluation of the development impacts on a small scale.

Related to Imperviousness

  • Impervious area means any surface that does not allow stormwater to infiltrate into the ground.

  • Impervious surface means a surface that has been covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.

  • Pervious means any surface or material that allows the passage of water through the material and into the underlying soil.

  • Intensity means the number of Program Unique Supervised Hours divided by the Duration for a course or qualification, being a measure of the concentration of training and assessment delivered from the Eligible Individual’s perspective.

  • Pervious surface means an area that releases as runoff a small portion of the precipitation that falls on it. Lawns, gardens, parks, forests or other similar vegetated areas are examples of surfaces that typically are pervious.