Receiving water

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023287",
  "term": "Receiving water",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Receiving Water",
  "definitions": [
    "1. The \"Water of the United States\" as defined in 40 CFR 122.2 into which the regulated stormwater discharges.\n\n2. Creeks, streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries, groundwater formations, or other bodies of water into which surface water, treated waste, or untreated waste are discharged.",
    "1. Lakes, rivers, wetlands, coastal waters, and groundwaters that receive runoff.\n\n2. Creeks, streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries, ground-water formations, or other bodies of water into which surface water and/or treated or untreated waste are discharged, either naturally or in man-made systems.\n\n3. A river, lake, ocean, stream, or other body of water into which wastewater or treated effluent is discharged.\n\n4. Rivers, lakes, oceans or other bodies that receive treated or untreated waste waters.\n\n5. All distinct bodies of water that receive runoff or wastewater discharges, such as streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, and estuaries.\n\n6. Natural or man-made water systems into which materials are discharged.\n\n7. A river, lake, ocean, stream or other watercourse into which wastewater or treated effluent is discharged.\n\n8. Include groundwater, creeks, streams, rivers, lakes, or other water bodies that receive treated or untreated wastewater or stormwater. This also includes water from combined sewer systems and storm drains."
  ],
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary",
    "Total Maximum Daily Loads (303d) Glossary; Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads Glossary",
    "Economic Benefits of Runoff Controls Glossary",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "Pesticides Glossary",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Office of the President Council on Environmental Quality Guidance for Federal Agencies on Sustainable Practices for Designed Landscapes at https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ceq/recommendations_on_sustainable_landscaping_practices.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/receiving-water/"
}