Peak discharge definition

Peak discharge means the maximum rate of flow during a storm, usually in reference to a specific design storm event.
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Peak discharge means the maximum rate of stormwater from a specific storm event.
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Peak discharge means the maximum surface water runoff rate (cubic feet per second and cubic meters per second) determined for the design storm.
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Examples of Peak discharge in a sentence

  • Computer Models: Peak discharge rates shall be evaluated using TR-55 methodology and a computer model.

  • Peak discharge – The maximum rate of stormwater runoff from a specific storm event.

  • Information on how to access SLAMM and P8 is available from the storm water coordinator in the runoff management section of the bureau of watershed manage- ment at (608) 267−7694.(b) Peak discharge.

  • Do these performance or design standards require that pre-development hydrology be met for:Flow volumesYesNo Peak discharge ratesYesNo Discharge frequencyYesNo Flow durationYesNo F.

  • Peak discharge may be further restricted when it can be shown that a probable risk to downstream structures or unique natural areas exists or that existing severe flooding problems could be further aggravated.

  • NR 151.123 Peak discharge performance standard.NR 151.124 Infiltration performance standard.NR 151.125 Protective areas performance standard.NR 151.126 Fueling and vehicle maintenance areas performance standard.

  • Peak discharge rates shall be limited to the predevelopment levels for the two- (2-) year, ten- (10-) year, and twenty-five- (25-) year frequency, twenty-four (24-) hour duration storm unless storm water from the subdivision will drain directly into the Atlantic Ocean or other large water body approved by the Town Engineer as having adequate capacity to absorb the increased runoff without adverse impacts.

  • NR 151.243 Peak discharge performance standard.NR 151.244 Infiltration performance standard.NR 151.245 Protective areas performance standard.NR 151.246 Fueling and vehicle maintenance areas performance standard.

  • Peak discharge and rate of runoff that will be generated within the subject property due to the design storm after development occurs.

  • Peak discharge computations should consider the duration, frequency, and intensity of rainfall, the antecedent moisture conditions, upper soil zone and surface storage, time of concentration, tailwater conditions, changes in land use or land cover, and any other changes in topographic and hydrologic characteristics.


More Definitions of Peak discharge

Peak discharge means the maximum rate of flow of water at a given point and time resulting from a predetermined storm.
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Peak discharge means the maximum discharge occurring during a flood event.
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Peak discharge means the maximum stormwater runoff rate in cubic feet per second determined for the design storm.
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Peak discharge means the maximum rate of flow from a point of storm water discharge during or immediately following a storm event, usually in reference to a specific return period storm or “design storm.”
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Related to Peak discharge

  • New discharger means any building, structure, facility, or installation: (A) From which there is or may be a new or additional discharge of pollutants at a site at which on October 18, 1972, it had never discharged pollutants; (B) Which has never received a finally effective NPDES permit for discharges at that site; and (C) Which is not a “new source”. This definition includes an indirect discharger, which commences discharging into waters of the United States. It also includes any existing mobile point source, such as an offshore oil drilling rig, seafood processing vessel, or aggregate plant that begins discharging at a location for which it does not have an existing permit.

  • Direct discharge means the discharge of a pollutant.

  • Daily discharge means the discharge of a pollutant measured during a calendar day or any 24-hour period that reasonably represents the calendar day for purposes of sampling. For pollutants with limitations expressed in units of mass, the "daily discharge" is calculated as the total mass of the pollutant discharged over the day. For pollutants with limitations expressed in other units of measurement, the "daily discharge" is calculated as the average measurement of the pollutant over the day.

  • Illicit discharge means any discharge to a municipal separate storm sewer that is not composed entirely of stormwater except discharges pursuant to a NPDES permit (other than the NPDES permit for discharges from the municipal separate storm sewer) and discharges resulting from emergency fire fighting activities.

  • Indirect discharge means the introduction of pollutants into a POTW from any non-domestic source regulated under section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.

  • Indirect discharger means a non-domestic discharger introducing pollutants into a publicly owned treatment and disposal system.

  • Non-stormwater discharge means any discharge not comprised entirely of stormwater discharges authorized by a NPDES permit.

  • Final Discharge Date means the later to occur of the Senior Secured Discharge Date, the Second Lien Discharge Date, the High Yield Discharge Date and the Unsecured Discharge Date.

  • Senior Discharge Date means the first date on which all of the Senior Debt (other than contingent indemnification obligations) has been paid indefeasibly in full in cash and all commitments of Senior Lenders under the Senior Loan Documents have been terminated.

  • Constructive Discharge means the occurrence of any of the following:

  • Hazardous Discharge shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.19(d) hereof.

  • Discharger , as used herein, means, as appropriate: (1) the Discharger, (2) the local sewering entity (when the collection system is not owned and operated by the Discharger), or (3) "indirect discharger" (where "Discharger" appears in the same paragraph as "indirect discharger”, it refers to the discharger.)

  • Average monthly discharge limitation means the highest allowable average of “daily discharges” over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all “daily discharges” measured during a calendar month divided by the number of “daily discharges” measured during that month.

  • Maximum daily discharge limitation means the highest allowable “daily discharge.”

  • Average weekly discharge limitation means the highest allowable average of “daily discharges” over a calendar week, calculated as the sum of all “daily discharges” measured during a calendar week divided by the number of “daily discharges” measured during that week.

  • Discharge for Cause means a discharge resulting from Employee having (i) committed any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, or fraud that, in the good faith opinion of Company, causes a material harm to Company, (ii) failed or refused to follow legal and reasonable policies or directives established and previously given to Employee in writing by Company, (iii) willfully failed to attend to his duties after ten (10) days prior written notice of failure to so act, (iv) committed acts amounting to gross negligence or willful misconduct to the material detriment of Company, or (v) otherwise materially breached any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement after ten (10) days prior written notice of such material breach and failure to cure such breach. Employee shall be deemed to have been discharged for cause upon delivery to Employee of a "Notice of Termination" stating the "Date of Termination" and specifying the particulars of the conduct justifying discharge for cause. Furthermore, if the Employee is terminated without cause, then the Company agrees, if requested by Employee for the sole purpose of exercising any vested options that Employee has the right to exercise, to loan to the Employee an amount equal to (i) the full exercise price of all vested options that the Employee has the right to exercise less (ii) the par value of such shares as are to be exercised. The terms of the loan shall be that it shall be (a) secured by the stock to be purchased, (b) be otherwise non-recourse to the Employee, (c) bear interest at the prime rate of interest as published from time to time in The Wall Street Journal, and (d) be fully due and payable, principal and interest, two (2) years from the date of termination.

  • discharge pipe means a pipe from which discharges are made or are to be made under Section 165(1) of the 1991 Act; "disposal main" means (subject to Section 219(2) of the 1991 Act) any outfall pipe or other pipe which-

  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System means the national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements under Sections 307, 402, 318, and 405 of the Clean Water Act.

  • Environmental Obligation shall have the meaning given such term in Section 4.3.1.

  • Existing source or existing discharger (in the NPDES program) means any source which is not a new source or new discharger.

  • Discharge plan means the written plan that establishes the criteria for an individual's discharge from a service and identifies and coordinates delivery of any services needed after discharge.

  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) means the national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing permits and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements, under Sections 307, 318, 402, and 405 of CWA. The term includes an approved program.

  • Instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content means the rate of discharge of oil in litres per hour at any instant divided by the speed of the ship in knots at the same instant.

  • Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit or “NPDES” means a permit issued by the MPCA as required by federal law for the purpose of regulating the discharge of pollutants from point sources into waters of the United States from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) as defined by federal law

  • Discharge of Term Obligations shall have the meaning provided in the Intercreditor Agreement.