Urban runoff definition

Urban runoff means Surface Water flow that may contain, but is not composed entirely of, Stormwater, such as flow from residential, commercial, or industrial activities.

Urban runoff means runoff from rainfall or snow melt that is either a point source discharge as defined under s. 283.01 (12), Stats., or a nonpoint source discharge as defined under s. 281.65 (2) (b), Stats.

Urban runoff means snowmelt, ice–melt, precipitation and surface drainage conveyed from an urban land use in either a diffuse manner, as a nonpoint source, or as a point source con- veyance regulated under ch. NR 216.

Examples of Urban runoff in a sentence

• Urban runoff was collected over an 18- month period from ponding basins and storm drains at various locations in northern Guam and analyzed for common water quality parameters.

• Urban runoff contains pollutants from privately owned and operated facilities, such as residences, businesses, private and/or public institutions, and commercial establishments.

• Urban runoff has been named as the foremost cause of impairment of surveyed ocean waters.

• Urban runoff is affected by past and current land uses which range from thousands of individual households and small businesses to several wood-product factories, each with actual or potential discharges of pollutants via stormwater runoff.

• Urban runoff consists of surface runoff generated from various land uses in all the hydrologic drainage areas that discharge into waters of the US.

More Definitions of Urban runoff

Urban runoff means stormwater runoff from an urbanized area including streets and adjacent domestic and commercial properties that carries pollutants of various types into the storm drainage system and receiving waters.

Urban runoff means rainwater from agglomerations collected by combined or separate sewers;

Urban runoff means surface water flow produced by storm and non-storm events. Non-storm events include flow from residential, commercial or industrial activities involving the use of potable and non-potable water.

Urban runoff means storm water from urban areas that tend to contain heavy concentrations of pollutants from urban activities.

Urban runoff means any stormwater and non-stormwater runoff from developed land in, or adjacent to, any municipality.

Urban runoff means all flows in the stormwater drainage system and consists of stormwater and non-stormwater flows.

Urban runoff means surface water flow produced by nonstorm water resulting from residential, commercial, and industrial activities involving the use of potable and nonpotable water.