Sentences with phrase «polluted stormwater runoff»

He has authored laws to address polluted stormwater runoff, passed bills to preserve critical estuaries, and cosponsored a bill to address Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxic dead zones.

Not only is polluted stormwater runoff one of the largest sources of water pollution in North Carolina, but it's also the top cause of swim advisories and beach closures nationwide.

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By infiltrating the different layers of the green roof composite, the stormwater runoff is partially filtered and is less polluted when discharged into natural streams.

Stormwater (or polluted runoff) is rain or melting snow that flows over the ground.

Like providing appropriate housing for indigenous people living on the city centre fringe, providing sustainable infrastructure support for the burgeoning urban sprawl, reinvigorating discussion on urban renewal by population density consolidation, managing the extensive stormwater runoff that pollutes the beaches and waterways, while wasting precious rainwater.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new strategy to promote the use of green infrastructure by cities and towns to reduce stormwater runoff that pollutes our nation's streams, creeks, rivers, lakes and coastal waters.