<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/schema/zthes-1.0.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>326</termId><termName>Sediments Forebays</termName><termType>PT</termType><termLanguage>en-EN</termLanguage><termVocabulary>D4RUNOFF</termVocabulary>	<termStatus>active</termStatus>	<termApproval>approved</termApproval>	<termSortkey>Sediments Forebays</termSortkey><termNote label="Source"><![CDATA[ <p>D4RUNOFF NBS Library: https://d4runoff.eu/resources/</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>A sediment forebay is a post-construction practice consisting of an excavated pit, bermed area, or cast structure combined with a weir, designed to slow incoming stormwater runoff and facilitating the gravity separation of suspended solids. A sediment forebay is an essential component of most impoundment and infiltration NBS including retention, detention, extended-detention, constructed wetlands, and infiltration basins.</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>A sediment forebay is a post-construction practice consisting of an excavated pit, bermed area, or cast structure combined with a weir, designed to slow incoming stormwater runoff and facilitating the gravity separation of suspended solids. A sediment forebay is an essential component of most impoundment and infiltration NBS including retention, detention, extended-detention, constructed wetlands, and infiltration basins.</p> ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>Sediments Forebays</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>315</termId><termName>Drainage Systems</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>