Sentences with phrase «into storm sewers»

Though these approaches are not as «natural» as other techniques, they still protect the natural water cycle by slowing or infiltrating precipitation rather than sending it directly into storm sewers or nearby streams.

According to Groll, the OGS spokesperson, «lead - contaminated water was discharged into the storm sewer» on Oct. 24 during work on Building 4.

Not exact matches

An Investigative Post analysis of state data shows the Niagara Falls sewer system has spewed more than a half - billion gallons of raw sewage mixed with storm water into the Lower Niagara River since May 2016.

Buffalonians could worry less about sewer pipe overflows if storm water never gets into the sewer system.

Authorities believe 28 - year old Brandon Closure was swept away into the city's storm sewer system, after he accidentally stepped into an open manhole blown open by surging rain water.

Federal prosecutors say a slaughterhouse in Orange County that supplies kosher chicken to Orthodox Jews discharged chicken parts and other waste into storm drains and sewers.

In addition to revamping the streets, the architects also suggest overhauling the sewer system in lower Manhattan to carry storm water along the city's permeable lands, where it would be absorbed back into the ground.

Combined, these two adjustments would keep runoff water from overwhelming the city's aged sewer system, which today leads to raw waste being flushed into the river during storms.

And there is a lot of money being spent as cities whose storm sewers date to the early 20th century have struggled to clean up discharges into waterways from underground networks of pipes that have often never been mapped.

Another advantage to a shared sewer is that such systems are usually built to withstand heavy loads and can better accommodate periods of heavy precipitation or storm surges that might overwhelm smaller, poorly conceived or maintained home - based septic tanks, which are by virtue of their size and the laws of physics more prone to overflow and send contaminants into nearby surface and ground waters.

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 Chicago and Calumet Rivers carry the city's storm and treated sewer water away from Lake Michigan by re-directing it into the Cal - Sag and Chicago Sanitary and Ship canals and the Des Plaines River, south to the Illinois River, Mississippi River, and Gulf of Mexico.

Unlike the water captured inside your home, which flows to the sewer and into waste treatment facilities, rain travels through storm drains to creeks, rivers, and eventually to the ocean.

Storm surges, heavy rainfall, and overwhelmed drains and sewers can all lead to extensive flooding into homes and businesses.

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The problem that triggered the issue is that many residences and business are not connected to the sewer system, but instead to the storm drainage that flows into the ocean, polluting the waters of Bulabog Beach (not famous White Beach).

After hearing that, the Bad Dudes pursue the ninjas through the New York City streets, a moving big rig truck, a large storm sewer, a forest, a freight train on an old Southern Pacific line, a cave and into an underground factory in order to save President Ronnie.

For example, stormwater across the city of Milwaukee recently showed high human fecal pathogen levels at all 45 outflow locations, indicating widespread sewage contamination.87 One study estimated that increased storm events will lead to an increase of up to 120 % in combined sewer overflows into Lake Michigan by 2100 under a very high emissions scenario (A1FI), 57 leading to additional human health issues and beach closures.

And by «in», we mean down streets, across lawns, and into gardens, canals, storm sewers, creeks, wetlands and even into nearby Lake Conway, a popular among locals for its fishing and other recreational activities.

It looks like Exxon's response to the catastrophic rupture of its Pegasus Pipeline, which leaked as much as 294,000 gallons of dirty tar sands crude into the streets, gardens, canals, storm sewers, creeks and wetlands of Mayflower, Arkansas, is turning into another Keystone Cops rerun.

A heavy rainstorm and spring run - off can easily carries dog waste into streams and rivers, and any waste that ends up in storm sewers usually flows directly into a body of water without being treated.

The site will reduce stormwater run - off into the combined storm sewer by 67 percent through the use of bio-swales (also known as rain gardens) which allow storm water to infiltrate back into the ground where, through phytoremediation, the plants contribute to the filtration of the water.

Brown v. Belleville (City) 2013 ONCA 148 Contracts — Performance or breach — Repudiation — What constitutes acceptance of repudiation Under an agreement entered into in 1953 between a municipality and Sills, the municipality agreed to perpetually maintain and repair part of a storm sewer drainage system on and near Sills» lands.

Sewer backup damage occurs when the sanitary and storm sewer systems can not handle high volumes of water, which causes water to back up into your home through toilets and drSewer backup damage occurs when the sanitary and storm sewer systems can not handle high volumes of water, which causes water to back up into your home through toilets and drsewer systems can not handle high volumes of water, which causes water to back up into your home through toilets and drains.

Some situations that occur in flood - prone areas include: 1) the diameter of the sewer pipe is not sufficient to hold all of the water flow during a heavy storm event; 2) the gradient of the sewer pipe is not steep enough to allow water flow at the same rate as the rain; and 3) heavily paved areas do not allow water to absorb into the ground, forcing more water into sewers.