Runoff definition

Runoff means storm water or precipitation including rain, snow or ice melt or similar water that moves on the land surface via sheet or channelized flow.
Runoff means that portion of the precipitation on a drainage area that is discharged from the area into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
Runoff means any rainwater, leachate, or other liquid that drains over land from any part of a facility.

Examples of Runoff in a sentence

  • The term of this Contract shall begin on the date that each party has executed this Contract and shall terminate upon the conclusion of the activities required herein related to the 2023 Election and, if necessary, the 2023 Runoff Election.


More Definitions of Runoff

Runoff means water which is not absorbed by the soil or landscape to which it is applied and flows from the landscape area. For example, runoff may result from water that is applied at too great a rate (application rate exceeds infiltration rate) or when there is a slope.
Runoff means any liquid that drains over land from any part of a facility.
Runoff means stormwater runoff.
Runoff or "stormwater runoff" means that portion of precipitation that is discharged across the land surface or through conveyances to one or more waterways.
Runoff means rainwater, leachate, or other liquid that drains overland on any part of a land surface and runs off of the land surface.
Runoff means water resulting from precipitation that flows overland before it enters a defined stream channel, any portion of such overland flow that infiltrates into the ground before it reaches the stream channel, and any precipitation that falls directly into a stream channel.
Runoff means the portion of precipitation that drains from an area as surface flow.