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The art, trade, or work of building.

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drainage improvement

Construction; Surveying

An activity within or adjacent to a natural stream or a man-made drain primarily intended to improve the flow capacity, drainage, erosion and sedimentation control, or stability ...

drainage board

Construction; Surveying

A board consisting of three to five persons including the county executive (commissioners) or members appointed by the executive body (at least one of the Board members must be a ...

drainage area

Construction; Surveying

The area draining into a stream at a given point. It may be of different sizes for surface runoff, subsurface flow and base flow, but generally the surface runoff area is ...

drainage

Construction; Surveying

The removal of excess surface water or groundwater from land by means of ditches, or subsurface drains.

drain

Construction; Surveying

A buried slotted or perforated pipe or other conduit (subsurface drain) or a ditch (open drain) for carrying off surplus groundwater or surface water.

ditch

Construction; Surveying

A man-made, open drainage-way in or into which excess surface water or groundwater drained from land, stormwater runoff, or floodwaters flow either continuously or intermittently

discharge

Construction; Surveying

Usually the rate of water flow. A volume of fluid passing a point per unit time commonly expressed as cubic feet per second, cubic meters per second, gallons per minute, or ...