Sentence examples for collecting storm from inspiring English sources

Parks improve public health by encouraging outdoor recreation, and by collecting storm water runoff that otherwise enters the overtaxed city sewage system.

The proposed Thames Tunnel would run from west to east London, broadly following the route of the river, collecting storm sewage.

Lightfoot said the project will still provide environmental benefits, such as collecting storm-water and improving land-use.

Mr. Spodofora's system collects storm water runoff.

The four-metre-deep concrete basin, which collects storm water overflow, was emptied to ensure no more migrants were inside.

Mr. Rauschenberg used the same technique to capture the Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks in Kent, Wash., an environmental artwork by Herbert Bayer composed of mounds and excavated concentric circles intended to collect storm water.

Employees at Regal said the hole, which was about 3 feet wide and 18 feet deep, was intended to collect storm runoff from the recycling yard, where trucks deliver garbage and other materials, much of it from construction sites.

The plan, for which construction will begin this fall, will replace soul-sapping asphalt with bird-friendly turf, put layers of plants around the skeletal infrastructure of the elevated subway lines, and tie those planted areas into landscaped areas with cisterns to collect storm water.

By examining the pre-development flows and evaluating future land use patterns (i.e., installation of impermeable surfaces over large areas), as well as sinkhole conveyance capabilities, it was necessary to examine alternative disposal options for collected storm water as well as devise a basin-wide management strategy to coordinate future development of the watershed.

The water plazas temporarily collect storm water runoff from rooftops, parking lots, streets, and parks, providing water storage during heavy rainfall.

The retention basin was designed to collect storm water, Hovatter said, so it could soak into the aquifer instead of flowing into the streets.