Sediment trap definition
Sediment trap means a temporary impoundment built to retain sediment and debris which is formed by constructing an earthen embankment with a stone outlet.
Sediment trap means a structure designed to mitigate, reduce or prevent the amount of soil that is being transported by runoff;
Sediment trap means a temporary ponding area formed by constructing an embankment or excavation and embankment that will trap the flow of sediment-laden runoff. Sediment traps have a properly stabilized outlet/weir or riser and pipe to detain sediment laden runoff from disturbed areas of five acres or less. Outlets must be designed to extend the detention time and allow the majority of the sediment to settle out.
Examples of Sediment trap in a sentence
PA-J-3000 34+00,81+65, 83+25 Sediment trap cleaning/install PA-J-3000 117+00 to 127+55 Roadside Silt Fence Repair/Replace SECTION 3 – CLEARING, GRUBBING, AND DISPOSAL SUBSECTION CLEARING On the following road(s), Purchaser shall cut vegetative material up to 5 inches in diameter, including limbs, as shown on the BRUSHING DETAIL.
More Definitions of Sediment trap
Sediment trap means a temporary ponding area formed by constructing an embankment or excavation and embankment that will trap the flow of sediment-laden runoff. Sediment traps have a properly stabilized outlet/weir or riser and pipe to detain sediment-laden runoff from small disturbed areas of five acres or less. Outlets must be designed to extend the detention time allow the majority of the sediment to settle out. "Sinkhole" means a depression in the land surface formed by solution or collapse that directs surface runoff into subsurface or to an underground drainage flow.