Drainage water management

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008511",
  "term": "Drainage water management",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Drainage Water Management",
  "definition": "A practice in which the outlet from a conventional drainage system is intercepted by a water control structure that effectively functions as an in-line dam, allowing the drainage outlet to be artificially set at levels ranging from the soil surface to the bottom of the drains.",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "EPA Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/chesbay502/pdf/chesbay_glossary.pdf; Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/drainage-water-management/"
}