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Glossary <br />Definitions are arranged alphabetically by term. For a complete reference, please see <br />the Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington (SWMMWW): <br />Beg Management Practice The schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, <br />(BMP) and structural and/or managerial practices, that when used singly or in <br />combination, prevent or reduce the release of pollutants and other adverse <br />impacts to waters of Washington Slate. <br />Compaction The densification,settlement, or packing of sail in such a way that permeability of <br />the sail is reduced. <br />Compost <br />Organic material that has undergone biological degradation and transformation <br />under controlled conditions designed to promote aerobic decomposition at a solid <br />waste facility in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 173350 WAC, or <br />biosolids composted in compliance with Chapter 173-308 WAC. Composting is a <br />farm of organic material recycling. <br />Critical Area <br />At a minimum, areas which include wetlands, areas with a critical recharging effect <br />on aquifers used for potable water, fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas, <br />frequently flooded areas, geologically hazardous areas, including unstable slopes, <br />and associated areas and ecosystems. <br />Dispersion <br />Release of surface and Stormwater runoff such that the flow spreads over a wide <br />area and is located so as not to allow flow to concentrate anywhere upstream of a <br />drainage channel with erodible underlying granular sods. <br />Bard Surface An impervious surface, a permeable pavement, or a vegetated root <br />Impervious Surface Anon -vegetated surface area which either prevents or retards the entry of water into <br />the soil mantle as under natural conditions prior to development. A non -vegetated <br />surface area which causes waterto run off the surface in greater quantities or at an <br />increased rate of Row from the flow present under natural conditions prior to <br />development. Common impervious surfaces include, but are not limited to, roof <br />tops, walkways, patios, driveways, parking lots or storage areas, concrete orasphalt <br />paving, gravel roads, packed earthen materials, and oiled, macadam or other <br />surfaces which similarly impede the natural infiltration of stormvater. Open, <br />uncovered retention/ detention facilities shall not be considered as impervious <br />surfaces for the purposes of determining whether the thresholds for application of <br />Minimum Requirements are exceeded. Open, uncovered retention/detention <br />facilities shall be considered impervious surfaces for purposes of runoff modeling. <br />City of Everett Public Works <br />Small Project Stormwater Site Plan Report Dec 2019 <br />