diffused surface water

Water, such as rainfall runoff, that collects and flows on the ground but does not form a watercourse.

• Surface water is usu. subject to different regulations from water flowing in a watercourse. — Often shortened to surface water. See COMMON-ENEMY DOCTRINE; WATERCOURSE. [Cases: Waters and Water Courses 115. C.J.S. Waters § 254.]

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