Definitions for "Bank storage"
Water that seeps into the ground along the banks of a stream during a time of high flow. This loss of water into the ground slightly reduces the height that the stream will attain and then slowly seeps into the stream as the high water level subsides - hence the term "bank storage".
Change in storage in an aquifer resulting from a change in stage of an adjacent surface-water body.
Water absorbed and stored in the banks of a stream, lake, or reservoir when the stage rises above the water table in the bank formations and stays there for an appreciable length of time. Bank storage may be returned in whole or in part as seepage back to the water body when the level of the surface water returns to a lower stage.