Sentences with phrase «including storm runoff»

Not exact matches

The project also included the development of an initiative that collects water to help alleviate storm water runoff.

As a result, rainwater bounces off and collects as runoff, picking up impurities — including infectious bacteria from animal waste as well as harmful pesticides and fertilizers — on the way to municipal storm sewers, which in turn eventually empty out into local bodies of water.

The most common wells, called Class 5, are a sort of catch - all for everything left over from the other categories, including storm - water runoff from gas stations.

In fact, within the last five years, all 50 states have experienced flooding from a variety of causes including, tropical storm surges, heavy rains, snowmelts and alterations in geography that change the path of runoffs.

Storm runoff has NOT affected the most popular beaches for visitors, including:

This typically includes the installation of silt fencing, haybale protection around groundwater extraction wells, and catch basin inlet filters to catch and contain storm runoff when it rains.

About half of the island's 400 acres will be set aside for open spaces, including an urban farm to supply organic local food to the residents, constructed wetlands to purify storm water runoff, and a restored natural forest ecosystem.

The primary purpose is to obtain environmental benefits including intercepting and reducing storm water runoff, improving building thermal performance and energy consumption, and reducing the urban heat island effect.

These strategies include engineering the terrain, vegetation, and soils to create a natural infiltration system for storm water runoff.