Sentences with phrase «urban runoff into»

Heavy downpours can overwhelm New York's antiquated 19th - century sewer systems, the miles of pipes and tunnels that carry away wastewater and, when overtaxed, divert billions of gallons of raw sewage and contaminated urban runoff into the rivers, lakes and the ocean.

Fertilizer and urban runoff into the Mississippi River dump nutrients into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Changing land use and the expansion of urban areas are reducing water infiltration into the soil and increasing surface runoff.

The water quality at our beaches is threatened by pollution from urban and agricultural runoff, sewage spills and overflows, and waste discharged into the ocean by industry, sewage treatment plants and power plants.