Phrases with «polluted runoff»

"Polluted runoff" refers to rainwater or melted snow that has picked up and carried harmful substances such as chemicals, oil, or litter along the ground. This contaminated water then flows into lakes, rivers, or oceans, harming aquatic life and polluting the environment. Full definition

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Sentences with «polluted runoff»

The city has committed $ 1.5 billion to erecting green infrastructure — green roofs, street and sidewalk plantings, porous pavements, cisterns, rain barrels — that will control and absorb storm water and prevent polluted runoff from flowing into waterways by capturing it and filtering it naturally through the soil. (discovermagazine.com)
Push for green roofs, which capture rainwater and help cool buildings and streets, and initiatives to plant more trees and sidewalk gardens, all of which prevent polluted runoff from entering public water systems. (nrdc.org)
As I read reports about the release of more than 11,000 tons of radiation - laced water into the sea from the damaged nuclear plant in Japan, I recalled reporting I did more than a decade ago on the many uses of silt barriers — essentially curtains suspended in water — to hold back everything from oil slicks to the bursts of polluted runoff flowing into coastal waters from city storm drains after heavy storms (the water can be pumped and treated once the system is not overloaded). (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
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Phrases with «polluted runoff»

Sentences with «polluted runoff»

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