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2. French drain - Wikipedia

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   A diagram of a traditional French drain. A French drain [1] (also known by other names including trench drain, blind drain, [1] rubble drain, [1] and rock drain [1]) is a trench filled with gravel or rock, or both, with or without a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area.

3. Culvert - Wikipedia

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   A culvert under the Vistula river levee and a street in Warsaw. Construction or installation at a culvert site generally results in disturbance of the site's soil, stream banks, or stream bed, and can result in the occurrence of unwanted problems such as scour holes or slumping of banks adjacent to the culvert structure.

4. Downspout - Wikipedia

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   The purpose of a downspout is to allow water from a gutter to reach the ground without dripping or splashing down the building structure. Downspouts are usually vertical and usually extend down to ground level , although may be routed at an angle to avoid architectural features and may discharge onto an intermediate roof.

5. Urban runoff - Wikipedia

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   As stormwater is channeled into storm drains and surface waters, the natural sediment load discharged to receiving waters decreases, but the water flow and velocity increases. In fact, the impervious cover in a typical city creates five times the runoff of a typical woodland of the same size.

6. Sustainable drainage system - Wikipedia

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   Retention ponds such as this one in Dunfermline, Scotland, are considered components of a sustainable drainage system. Sustainable drainage systems (also known as SuDS, [1] SUDS, [2] [3] or sustainable urban drainage systems [4]) are a collection of water management practices that aim to align modern drainage systems with natural water processes and are part of a larger green infrastructure ...

7. WELL Building Standard - Wikipedia

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   L09 Occupant Lighting Control, providing individual control of light for one per 60 sq.m. or one per 10 occupants will be received 1 point, but if there are one per 30 sq.m. or one per 5 occupants, then it will be received 2 points, with the project has lighting control in each zone was setup at least three lighting levels, able to change group ...