Surface Drainage definition

Surface Drainage means arrangement of removal of water that collects on land surface;
Surface Drainage means water run-off caused as a result of precipitation or irrigation.
Surface Drainage means a system by which the stormwater runoff is conducted to an outlet. This would include the proper grading of parking lots, streets,driveways, yards, etc., so that the stormwater runoff is removed without ponding and flows to a drainage swale, open ditch or a storm sewer.

Examples of Surface Drainage in a sentence

  • Surface Drainage: Provide for surface drainage during period of construction in manner to avoid creating nuisance to adjacent areas.

  • Polluted Surface Drainage: No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer, unless such connection is approved by the town and the state department of environmental quality for purposes of disposal of polluted surface drainage.

  • Headwater Catchments: Estimating Surface Drainage Extent Across North Carolina and Correlations Between Landuse, Near Stream, and Water Quality Indicators in the Piedmont Physiographic Region.

  • Surface Drainage: The surface of all paving work shall slope and drain surface water toward catch basins or swales.

  • Surface Drainage: Perform grading outside of building or structure lines in a manner to prevent accumulation of water within the area.

  • No wavier by either party of the breach of any term or covenant contained in this Agreement whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such breach, or a waiver of the breach of any other term or covenant contained in this Agreement.

  • Improve Profile (Surface Drainage and Ride)—Correct surface profile irregularities (including stable rutting) and correspondingly improve lateral surface drainage and ride quality.

  • General arrangement with dimension of Internal Roads, Surface Drainage & Water Distribution Network.

  • When all Surface Drainage Facilities have been constructed to the satisfaction of the Manager, Urban Development.

  • Camp, Scott & Furphy (1995), Koondrook-Murrabit Community Surface Drainage Feasibility Study, Final Report.


More Definitions of Surface Drainage

Surface Drainage means the removal or distribution of water, including Foundation Drainage and Storm Drainage, that collects on the ground surface;
Surface Drainage means the requirements set out in subsection
Surface Drainage means all surface waters resulting from the flow over, through or out of an operations area and is collected by means of Engineered structures;

Related to Surface Drainage

  • Groundwater means all water, which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil.

  • Water surface elevation means the height, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929, the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988, or other datum, where specified, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas.

  • Drainage system means one or more artificial ditches, tile drains or similar devices which collect surface runoff or groundwater and convey it to a point of discharge.

  • Basement means any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.