surface-water drainage
91California Water Wars — The California Water Wars describes the disputes between Los Angeles, California and the Owens Valley over water rights. The disputes stem from Los Angeles s location in a semi arid area, and the availability of water from Sierra Nevada runoff in …
92Clean Water Act — For Clean Water Act of Ontario, Canada, see Clean Water Act (Ontario). Clean Water Act Full title Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972 Acronym CWA / Clean Water Act Enacted by the 92nd United …
93Massachusetts Water Resources Authority — The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is a public authority in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that provides wholesale drinking water and sewage services to certain municipalities and industrial users in the state, primarily in the …
94Reverse overshot water-wheel — Frequently used in mines and probably elsewhere, the reverse overshot water wheel was a Roman innovation to help remove water from the lowest levels of underground workings. It is described by Vitruvius in his work De Architectura published circa …
95Outline of water — Faucet dripping water. Structure of the …
96Storm Water Management Model — The United States Environmental Protection Agency Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) is a dynamic rainfall runoff subsurface runoff simulation model used for single event to long term (continuous) simulation of the surface runoff/subsurface… …
97Steam assisted gravity drainage — (SAGD) is an enhanced oil recovery technology for producing heavy crude oil and bitumen. It is an advanced form of steam stimulation in which a pair of horizontal wells is drilled into the oil reservoir, one a few metres above the other. Low… …
98List of drainage basins by area — This is a list of ocean, mediterranean sea, river, and lake drainage basins larger than 400,000 square kilometers (154,440 square miles), sorted by area. It includes drainage basins which do not flow to the ocean (endorheic basins). It does not… …
99Best management practice for water pollution — Best Management Practices (BMP) is a term used in the United States to describe a type of water pollution control. Historically the term has referred to auxiliary pollution controls in the fields of industrial wastewater control and municipal… …
100Impervious surface — Impervious surfaces are mainly artificial structures, such as pavements, rooftops, sidewalks, roads, and parking lots covered by impenetrable materials such as asphalt, concrete, brick, and stone. Soils compacted by urban development are also… …
