Sediment definition

Sediment means solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water or gravity as a product of erosion.

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Sediment means settleable solid material that is transported by runoff, suspended within runoff or deposited by runoff away from its original location.

Sediment means solid material, both mineral and organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water, gravity, or ice and has come to rest on the earth's surface either above or below sea level.

Examples of Sediment in a sentence

The unit price Bid for items in this Contract are for furnishing, installing all items of Work as indicated on the Drawings and Technical Specifications, complete, in place and accepted, per the City of Durham Standards and Specifications, North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Standards and Specifications, and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) Erosion and Sediment Control Planning and Design Manual.
Sediment and erosion control measures must be in place and approved by the County Soil Conservation District before the work is started.
Frederick County Ordinance, Chapter 1-10, Grading, Erosion and Sediment Control, Section 32.0, and Chapter 1-15.2 Stormwater Management, Section 7, requires a Guarantee to be posted in specific amounts prior to final grading permit approval.
Proper selection of grasses, seeding rates, planting dates, and vegetation maintenance can be found in “Erosion and Sediment Control Practices for Developing Areas”, South Carolina.
Unless a specific payment item is included in the Bid, payment for Erosion and Sediment Control shall be included in the price, or total of prices, given in the Bid on which this Agreement is based, and no separate payment will be made therefor.

More Definitions of Sediment

Sediment means soils or other surficial materials transported or deposited by the action of wind, water, ice, or gravity as a product of erosion.

Sediment means solid material, either mineral or organic, that is in suspension, is transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by erosion.

Sediment means solid particulate matter, including both mineral and organic matter, that is in suspension in water, is being transported, or has been removed from its site of origin by the actions of wind, water, or gravity and has been deposited elsewhere.

Sediment means solid material, both organic and inorganic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by, wind, water, ice, or gravity as a product of erosion.

Sediment means solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.

Sediment means solid material (both mineral and organic) that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water, gravity, or ice and has come to rest on the earth’s surface.

Sediment means particles in surface waters or wet- lands that are derived from the erosion of rock, minerals, soils and biological materials, as well as chemical precipitation from the water column. Sediment particles are transported by, suspended in or deposited by water.