Sentences with phrase «because rainwater»

In undisturbed landscapes, such as woods and open field, there is very little stormwater runoff because rainwater filters through soil or evaporates into the atmosphere.

This is because rainwater is soft water, meaning that it needs 59 % fewer additives for washing than hard tap water.

Not exact matches

«Locals claim that the black and white monkey is very easy to find when it is raining because the monkeys often get rainwater in their upturned noses causing them to sneeze,» the WWF report reads.

The herbicides are also building up in rainwater, because the air has become more polluted with pesticides from conventional agriculture and intensive chemical GMO agriculture.

Because they don't have a well and live outside any public water system, they haul water each week for their holding tank and gather rainwater for their animals and garden.

Because the carbon that stimulates methane production is primarily dissolved organic carbon carried downward through the peat by rainwater rather than the solid - phase carbon that forms peat, this change in transport depth doubled the peak production zones for methane.

«The point is that there are gains to be had from rainwater — which at times has a higher temperature than ground water — and from waste energy from the house because of hot water usage.»

An ideal rainwater harvesting system does not capture more water than a landscape can use because water surpluses can become a nuisance if water is not utilized within three to four months (think stagnant water).

The pumping system is necessary to remove rainwater because most of New Orleans is below sea level.

Your city probably loses millions of gallons of rainwater because grass - covered parkways naturally shed water and are sloped to send rain into storm drains.

The law spcifically defines flood, and distinguishes it from damage caused by rainwater or stormwater, that is, rain that accumulates on the ground because of the severity of the storm.