"Water runoff" refers to the flow of water that occurs when rain or melted snow does not soak into the ground, but instead moves over the surface, collecting in streams, rivers, or flowing down slopes.
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Also, raw sewage may reach coastal waters when
water runoff from big storms causes sewage treatment plants to bypass treatment.
The location is on track toward a target to reduce storm
water runoff by 75 percent in summer and 40 percent in winter, he added.
In addition, farmers can add organic matter to soil and
control water runoff, improving water retention and soil fertility.
To notice something is going on with the world's ice sheets, you could measure
melting water runoff, glacier retreat or use satellites and GPS to measure ice volume decline.
The primary means of addressing these issues is with careful management of
roof water runoff, and proper exterior grading.
Some relatively small change in the system — long orbital cycles and fresh
water runoff in the Artic — trigger a shift in planetary climate.
The agreement to buy Toohey Park permits a certain amount
of water runoff from the Sunny Ridge site to flow into a pond at the park, but parks officials said they want to ensure that the project doesn't send too much water into the park.
Finally, if the North American hydrologic cycle is enhanced, and / or Greenland's southern ice caps melt, the increased
fresh water runoff from land areas could dilute the ocean surface water and critically reduce its salinity.
The DEP, with support from state Senator John Bonacic, wanted to lower the water level in the reservoir to 90 percent so that the extra 10 percent of space remaining could be used to handle storm
water runoff into the Ashokan.
Soil and plantings on a building's rooftop can help
manage water runoff, improve air quality, and reduce energy use by moderating indoor temperatures.
It also
delays water runoff to increase evapo - transpiration while providing secure and proper drainage of surplus volumes to avoid unforeseen roof loads.
As part of this work, permeable sidewalks and rain gardens were installed to better
absorb water runoff; and 28,000 street trees were planted that improve air quality, offer shade and absorb water.
Land's End Lookout retains and treats storm water on site, reducing the impact of storm
water runoff on municipal systems.
Some of my relatives in rural Illinois don't care much about climate change, but they sure understand that development is covering prime farm land, increasing traffic and pollution, and
changing water runoff patterns.
«However, the greatest reduction in nitrogen leaching occurs when bioenergy crops displace other cropland or grassland, because energy crops consume more water and less nitrogen fertilizer than the crops and grasses that they replace, resulting in
less water runoff and nitrogen loss.»
«While many believe fresh
water runoff contaminated with cat feces is to blame, there is no definitive science on the source of infection,» California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo lecturer Gloeta Massie told the 108th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in June 2008.
The structure incorporates design elements like geothermal heating, recycled - paper ceiling tiles, and a naturalized detention basin to
handle water runoff.
Zedler's contractors planted all three tracts with similar species to see how the vegetation would absorb and
clean water runoff during storms.
The team also compared the ice loss up until the mid-1980s to that observed by satellites over roughly the last decade and found that today the rate of ice loss is twice the 20th century average, mostly because of
increased water runoff from the ice sheet's surface.
On March 23, Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick will host a CRWA - led training on Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permits and effective strategies for reducing storm
water runoff pollution.
An analysis of water and climate data from 1901 to 2008 from 100 large water basins around the world revealed more water loss to the atmosphere and less
water runoff compared with conclusions from earlier studies.
Current infrastructure was built for a snowpack and
water runoff system that the study predicts won't exist in the years to come, he said.
The study examined what is likely to be seen in terms of precipitation, snowpack accumulation and
water runoff over the next century, versus the same data for the years from 1976 and 2005.
«The removal of vegetal cover through burning would likely increase
water runoff when it rains, potentially reducing their water retention capacity and invariably the soil moisture,» Ichoku said.
Once complete, the I - 15 will have new managed lanes going both north and south, new retaining walls, storm
water runoff treatment services, 11 bridge widenings, tie - ins to the existing travel lanes, an electronic toll collection system, a customer service center, and a traffic management system.
We haven't built the capability to divert some of this
additional water runoff into our depleting groundwater aquifers (underwater storage of water), so most of it goes into the ocean or evaporates.
More abundant rainfall can lead to flash flooding, as large volumes of
water runoff feeds into streams and rivers, causing them to overflow.
Researchers in the historical Beaver Creek experiments hypothesized that lower tree densities associated with thinning would reduce evapotranspiration losses, and thereby allow more water to be available for soil moisture, groundwater recharge, and surface water runoff [29].
Scientists found ways to improve the capabilities of a land model within global and regional Earth system models to
estimate water runoff.
To
ensure water runoff and nearby streams stay clean, decision - makers have opted to use the biological waste purification method, which according to Ha'aretz, is a science that has been developing all over the world for many years now.
Analyzed impervious surfaces for impervious cover to understand the level of storm
water runoff occurring in Madison County, AL..
In addition, the Mississippi Concrete Industries Association says concrete absorbs water, improving storm
water runoff quality.
Green roofs keep buildings cool,
control water runoff and can be really nice to look at, in those rare situations where there is office space overlooking terraces, like there were at ESRI Canada's Toronto offices.
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