Sentences with phrase «capture runoff water»
«During the rainy season when floodwaters hit, the Puebloans would capture runoff water from small canyons known as the Rincons and local arroyos (periodic streams) such as Chaco Wash and the Escavada Wash..
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The long - term drinking - water issues for cities in the area could be alleviated by a proposal for a regional drinking water reservoir that captures storm runoff currently lost, Jurado said.
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.
The garden captures storm water runoff.
As water becomes scarcer around the world because of mismanagement, untapped strategies are critical, from capturing runoff efficiently and wetlands development to tertiary treatment of wastewater.
Its Sacramento facility will also have a number of water - saving features, including the ability to capture nearly all its rainwater runoff for landscaping, its cooling towers, and bathroom fixtures.
Both «cooled conservatories» run on energy generated by the Supertrees and capture and filter runoff water.