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Detention Basin

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-007790

Practice which hold stormwater temporarily and discharge the stormwater over an extended period of time (hours to days) generally by controlling the size of the discharge volume and flow rate.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-007790
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesEPA Stormwater Discharges from Developed Sites; Glossary from Owner/Developer Long Questionnaire; 4/16/2010 DRAFT VERSION Quoted on NAHB website
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007790",
  "term": "Detention Basin",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Practice which hold stormwater temporarily and discharge the stormwater over an extended period of time (hours to days) generally by controlling the size of the discharge volume and flow rate.",
  "references": [
    "EPA Stormwater Discharges from Developed Sites; Glossary from Owner/Developer Long Questionnaire; 4/16/2010 DRAFT VERSION Quoted on NAHB website"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/detention-basin/"
}

Record 7,790 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.