Storm Water Management Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the primary consequence of surface changes? - developed sites lose much of their natural storm water storage capacity. The loss of vegetation, organic litter, and changes in surface characteristics, such as roughness and perviousness, result in the rapid conversion of rainfall to storm water runoff. All storm water management practices must be what (3) things? - - site specific - region specific - climate specific Define subsurface runoff - is storm water that infiltrates and move...

Storm Water Management Exam 1 Questions And Correct Answers List the 5 characteristics that make water unique stable, high specific heat, great buffer, expands at freezing, excellent solvent Why is it critical that water stores a lot of energy? allows large bodies of water to cool or heat Earth to maintain a temperature List the elements of the hydrologic cycle including driving forces 1/2-Evapotranspiration 3-Condensation 4-Precipitation 5-Runoff 6-Inflitration 7-Subsurface flow...

DEQ Practice Exam Questions And Correct Answers The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of _____________ were passed by congress to regulate and improve the quality of effluents discharge into the streams and rivers of this country. - CORRECT ANS : 1972 The goal of this legislation and of wastewater treatment is to have all public waters remain or become more suitable for__________ - CORRECT ANS : Wildlife and public use As the quality of the environment declines, the q...