Sentences with phrase «stormwater out of sewers»

Green infrastructure protects the aging sewer system and makes it operate more efficiently by keeping stormwater out of sewers.

Grasses in a terrarium soak up «raindrops» from a PVC pipe, demonstrating how green infrastructure keeps stormwater out of sewers.

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Seattle began using green infrastructure to manage stormwater in 2013; it aims to keep 700 million gallons a year out of sewers.

The terms and conditions of a residential lease set out planning conditions and include such matters as the use of the land, where you can build, where water, drains, sewers, stormwater, electricity, gas and the telephone lines can be connected and landscaping requirements