Surface Water
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Water which spreads over the surface of the ground, or stands in swamps, or percolates through or under the soil. It has its origin most commonly in rains and melted snow.
84 Wis. 438, 20 L. R. A. 40.