Water body definition

Water body means surface waters including rivers, streams, lakes, marine waters, estuaries, and wetlands.

Water body means natural or impounded surface water, including a stream, river, spring, lake, reservoir, pond, wetland, tank, and fountain.

Water body means a river or other stream, a natural lake, an artificial lake or other impoundment, or an excavated pit.

Examples of Water body in a sentence

• Category 5: Water body is impaired, does not attain the water quality standard, and a TMDL or other acceptable pollution abatement initiative is required.

• Water body that is not a TNW or an RPW, but flows directly or indirectly into a TNW, and it has a significant nexus with a TNW is jurisdictional.

• The following subcategories are included in Category 4:Subcategory 4a: TMDL already approved or established by EPA;Subcategory 4b: Other pollution control requirements (i.e., permits, consent decrees, etc.) are expected to attain water quality standards; and,Subcategory 4c: Water body impairment is not caused by a pollutant (e.g. habitat is limiting, dam prevents attainment of use, etc).

• These are:• Water body network• Monitoring networks• Environmental standards• Classification toolsFor the third cycle RBMPs the above are being reviewed based on improved science, better understanding of the environment, policy and directions from UK or devolved Governments.

• This section summaries the main Programme of Measures we aim to deliver that will meet the statutory objectives which are as follows: • Prevent deterioration in status - Water body status will not be allowed to deteriorate.• Achieve the objectives for Protected Areas - Achieve the standards set by the relevant legislation under which they were designated.

More Definitions of Water body

Water body means a body of non-flowing water, including vernal pools, ponds, lakes, tidal areas, and the ocean.

Water body means a great pond, river or stream.

Water body means a permanent and naturally occurring body of water, or a naturally occurring river, stream, watercourse, or lake.

Water body means all inland and coastal waters, including but not limited to all ponds, great ponds, lakes, rivers, streams and coastal waters.[PL 2017, c. 194, §1 (NEW).]

Water body means a lake, reservoir, wetland, or a geographically defined portion of a river or stream.

Water body means any body of flowing or standing water, whether naturally or artificially created, and whether the flow or presence of water is continuous, intermittent or occurs only during a flood, including but not limited to a lake, river, creek, stream, slough, marsh, swamp and wetland, including ice on any of them. (From The Water Protection Act)

Water body means an area that carries or contains a