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Outfall

An outfall is the discharge point of a storm drain or waste stream into a body of water. In the United Kingdom, the term may also apply to discharges from a "watercourse", which may be a river, stream or canal.

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United States permit requirements

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Outfall

Nodes15
Edges14
Triples14
Avg. degree1.87
Density0.133333
Components1

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Outfall

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related to United States permit requirements · 11
Outfall → Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, In, Most NPDES, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination, NPDES, Point, System, The, United States
is a · 1
Outfall → discharge point of a storm drain or waste stream into a body of water
see also · 1
Outfall → Combined

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united point stream also discharge water may river states permit watercourse sources issued npdes permits environmental storm drain waste body

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Outfallis adischarge point of a storm drain or waste stream into a body of water0.90text
military basesinstance ofother government facilities0.80text
Outfallrelated to United States permit requirementsIn0.60section
Outfallrelated to United States permit requirementsUnited States0.60section
Outfallrelated to United States permit requirementsNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination0.60section
Outfallrelated to United States permit requirementsSystem0.60section
Outfallrelated to United States permit requirementsNPDES0.60section
Outfallrelated to United States permit requirementsClean Water Act0.60section
Outfallrelated to United States permit requirementsMost NPDES0.60section
Outfallrelated to United States permit requirementsThe0.60section
Outfallrelated to United States permit requirementsEnvironmental Protection Agency0.60section
Outfallrelated to United States permit requirementsEPA0.60section

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