Chp30_Definitions

Question 1

Coproduct

Answer 1

a marketable by-product from a process. Materials traditionally considered to be waste but that can be used as raw materials in a different manufacturing process are considered coproducts.

Question 2

Demand Control Ventilation

Answer 2

a system designed to adjust the amount of ventilation air provided to a space based on the extend of occupancy

Question 3

Detention

Answer 3

the temporary storage of storm runoff in a detention facility to control peak discharge rates and to provide gravity settling of pollutants.

Question 4

Drainage Easement

Answer 4

the legal right granted by a landowner to a grantee, commonly a governmental entity allowing the use of private land for stormwater management.

Question 5

Embodied Energy

Answer 5

the total energy required to extract, produce, fabricate, and deliver a material to a job site

Question 6

Fee in Lieu

Answer 6

payment of money by a developer in place of meeting all or part of storm water performance standards

Question 7

Hydrologic Soil Group (HSG)

Answer 7

a classification system developed by the Natural Resource Conservation Service in which soils are categorized into four runoff potential groups. These groups range from A soils, with high permeability and little runoff production, to D soils, which have a high runoff potential

Question 8

Infiltration

Answer 8

the process of percolating stormwater into the subsoil

Question 9

Post - Consumer -

Answer 9

referring to a material or product that has served its intended use and has been diverted or recovered from waste designed for disposal, having completed its life as a consumer item.

Question 10

Post-Industrial

Answer 10

referring to materials generated in manufacturing processes, such as trimmings or scrap, that have been recovered or diverted from solid waste. Also called pre-consumer

Question 11

Recovered Materials

Answer 11

waste or by-products that have been recovered or diverted from solid waste disposal. This term does not apply to materials that are generated from or reused within an original manufacturing process.

Question 12

Renewable Product

Answer 12

a product that can be grown or naturally replenished or cleansed at a rate that exceeds human depletion of the resource.

Question 13

Sustainable

Answer 13

the condition of being able to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of further generations.

Question 14

Watercourse

Answer 14

any body of water including, but not limited to lakes, ponds, rivers and streams

Question 15

Waterway

Answer 15

a channel that directs surface runoff to a waster course or to a public storm drain