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Compensatory Storage – Flood Plain

Compensatory storage is new, excavated storage volume equivalent to any flood storage which is lost by building, filling or grading within the flood plain.

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Created Wetland

The conversion of a persistent upland or shallow water area into a wetland through some activity of man.

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Declamation

Permanent removal of land so that the area becomes part of the coastal marine area.

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Discharge, Stormwater

The discharge to drains, ponds, lakes or streams of catchment runoff as a result of storm rainfall over the catchment.

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Discharge, Wastewater

Liquid waste discharged from domestic, agricultural (feed lots) or industrial sources, or from associated treatment facilities.

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A structure for the mooring of boats, attached to or forming part of the mainland or used on conjunction with a use on the mainland. A structure built at or anchored to the shore at which boats or other floating vessel are berthed or secured to and which may provide a foundation for a boathouse […]

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Dredge

To remove by digging, gathering, pulling out or otherwise removing any material from the floor of any waterbody, particularly from water or wetlands for the purpose of creating new channels or boat slips, making land, constructing or placing any in-water structures such as boat houses, wharves or retaining walls, or maintaining previously dredged areas or […]

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Dry Industry

An industry which by the nature of its operation, process or fabrication of raw materials or service rendered does not require a water supply other than that available from within the limits of the lot upon which the use is located and from which the only waste water discharges are one or more of the […]

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Encroachment

In any reach of a stream, an artificial restriction within the flood plain increasing the height of water surface associated with the Regional flood.

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Ephemeral Stream

Stream reaches with a bed above the water table at all times, with water only flowing during and shortly after rain events. This category is defined as those stream reaches that do not meet the definition of permanent river or stream or intermittent stream.

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