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BMP ID: 5521
Title: Add extra capacity to structures in drainages with uncertain flow.
Text: "Hydrology for Drainage Crossing Design: Add freeboard or extra capacity to structures in drainages with uncertain flow or for debris passage in watersheds with changing land uses, usually on the order of 120% to 150%."
Source Publication Name: Low-Volume Roads Engineering: Best Management Practices Field Guide
Citation Section: Chapter 5: Hydrology for Drainage Crossing Design
Citation Page: 40
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Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Construction / Siting / Design
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
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Categories: Land Surface Disturbance
Location: General / Federal
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Date Entered: 2009-05-26 15:43 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-09-04 09:37 UTC