Rainwater runoff refers to the water that runs off or flows over the ground when it rains.
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Improved access for the disabled was also provided, and hardy new plantings were put in place, which will help
reduce rainwater runoff into the city's sewer system.
Officials project Frankfort Prairie Park, the acquisition of which Village Board members approved recently, will contain a retention pond that officials say will ease
rainwater runoff from nearby streets.
On the grounds around the plant can be found other wholesome technologies, including solar arrays for producing electricity and hot water, and wetland areas fed
by rainwater runoff.
The clinching evidence for this was that cracks in Lajia created by the quake were filled with flood - related sediment, not the fine silt sediment deposited by
annual rainwater runoff at the same site each year, showing that the flood sediment got there first, and so must have arrived within a year of the quake.
Old containers of household chemicals can deteriorate and leak, causing dangerous fumes and fires when stored inside your house, or
polluting rainwater runoff when stored outside.
The mixed - use development will feature living roofs planted with tea plants to reduce
rainwater runoff while also helping to cool buildings on hot summer days.
In this case, the Ninth Circuit held that every culvert and ditched that
channeled rainwater runoff from forest roads was a discharge from a point source, requiring a Clean Water Act permit.
«IBC found that rain barrels, if emptied regularly, could divert 4.5 - million litres
of rainwater runoff away from a municipality's sewer system and out of homes, which is great news,» said Ralph Palumbo, vice president of Ontario at IBC.
The SecurityNational Mortgage Co., which has 77 branches across the country, has come up with a method for recognizing the value of energy improvements such as solar panels and
rainwater runoff collection systems.
Public spaces, such as parks, plazas, and playing fields, can encourage social interaction and active recreation while helping
control rainwater runoff and reducing urban heat island effects.
Cultivating With Cardboard Next, following the contour of the land, the group dug out a pair of swales, or channels, and piled up the topsoil to create a raised bed surrounded by what looked like a small moat that would help
capture rainwater runoff.
Preserving existing vegetation can reduce
rainwater runoff, mitigate the urban heat island effect, reduce the energy needed for heating and cooling, and reduce landscaping installation and maintenance costs.
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.
The New York Times is highlighting efforts to build greener skateparks in the Pacific Northwest: The thing here isn't greener materials used in building the skate elements in the park, but of incorporating better landscaping to control
rainwater runoff.
Flood insurance will cover damage from heavy snowmelts and
rainwater runoffs.