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Rooftop Detention

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-024509

Practice that is designed to provide temporary storage of stormwater and slowly release stormwater runoff using the roof surface of a structure.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-024509
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesAdapted from 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
See alsoblue roofs
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024509",
  "term": "Rooftop Detention",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Practice that is designed to provide temporary storage of stormwater and slowly release stormwater runoff using the roof surface of a structure.",
  "see_also": [
    "blue roofs"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Adapted from 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"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/rooftop-detention/"
}

Record 24,509 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.