Dry-weather flow

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008695",
  "term": "Dry-weather flow",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Dry-Weather Flow",
  "definition": "1. Usually referred to as the flow in a combined sewer system without stormwater.\n\n2. As it pertains to combined and sanitary sewerage, or stormwater drainage systems, is the flow in a system that occurs during dry weather, without a stormwater component. In these systems dry-weather flow may include one or all of the following: sanitary wastewater; pre-treated industrial wastewater; unauthorized industrial wastewater; groundwater that has infiltrated or leaked into the system; latent or delayed stormwater flows through the vadose zone that have leaked into the system; chemical and sanitary landfill leachate; lawn irrigation runoff; foundation drainage; washwater such as from cars and industrial sites; unauthorized disposal of oil and hazardous chemicals; and other miscellaneous entries.",
  "abbreviation": "DWF",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/dry-weather-flow/"
}