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  2. Tmcft - Wikipedia

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    Tmcft, (Tmc ft), (TMC), (tmc) is the abbreviation of thousand million cubic feet (1,000,000,000 = 10 9 = 1 billion), commonly used in India in reference to volume of water in a reservoir [1] or river flow.

  3. Retention basin - Wikipedia

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    Storm water is typically channeled to a retention basin through a system of street and/or parking lot storm drains, and a network of drain channels or underground pipes.. The basins are designed to allow relatively large flows of water to enter, but discharges to receiving waters are limited by outlet structures that function only during very large storm eve

  4. Detention basin - Wikipedia

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    Detention ponds that are designed to permanently retain some volume of water at all times are called retention basins. In its basic form, a detention basin is used to manage water quantity while having a limited effectiveness in protecting water quality , unless it includes a permanent pool feature.

  5. Template:Convert/list of units/volume - Wikipedia

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    one litre 1.0 dm 3 (61 cu in) cubic centimetre: cm3 cm 3: US spelling: cubic centimeter one millilitre 1.0 cm 3 (0.061 cu in) cc cc cubic millimetre: mm3 mm 3: US spelling: cubic millimeter: 1.0 mm 3 (6.1 × 10 −5 cu in) non-SI metric: gigalitre: Gl Gl US spelling: gigaliter: 1.0 Gl (35,000,000 cu ft) GL GL megalitre: Ml Ml US spelling: megaliter

  6. Detention dam - Wikipedia

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    A detention dam is a dam built to catch surface runoff and stream water flow to regulate the water flow in areas below the dam. [1] Detention dams are commonly used to reduce the damage caused by flooding or to manage the flow rate through a channel. [2] Detention dams can also be constructed to replenish groundwater and trap sediment. [2]

  7. Help:Convert units - Wikipedia

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    Metric prefixes; Text Symbol Factor or; yotta Y 10 24: 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000: zetta Z 10 21: 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000: exa E 10 18: 1 000 000 000 000 000 000: peta P 10 15: 1 000 000 000 000 000: tera T

  8. Harlingen drainage upgrades curbing flooding after heavy rain

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    Sep. 18—HARLINGEN — The city's new drainage crew along with millions in grant-funded upgrades are helping to curb flooding amid late summer rains. Last year, city commissioners approved ...

  9. Lake retention time - Wikipedia

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    The lake retention time for a body of water with the volume 2,000 m 3 (71,000 cu ft) and the exit flow of 100 m 3 /h (3,500 cu ft/h) is 20 hours.. Lake retention time (also called the residence time of lake water, or the water age or flushing time) is a calculated quantity expressing the mean time that water (or some dissolved substance) spends in a particular lake.