Sentence examples for drain flood from inspiring English sources

The inclined perforated plate can separate sediment from the water, and the siphon drainage pipe can drain flood water quickly.

The Environment Agency said two pumps were working to drain flood water back into the River Alde, and it estimated the B1069 would reopen by Friday.

Accordingly, the participants of FGDs mentioned that possession of farm oxen often enhances the resilience of households, since it gives the advantage of draining flood water from farmlands so as to lessen crop damage or failure.

In response to these protests, Shaukat Hayat Bhutto suspended Assistant Engineer Sewage manager, Qamar Memon, for his negligence on draining flood waters.

Albert Johnson Creek is a low gradient stream that meets Aniakchak River at the base of the volcano in the large fluvial plain that was the result of the caldera draining flood, 1,800 b.p.. Thus, current populations representing each of lake-type (SL) and riverine (AJC) life history types coexist in the same drainage.

He spoke of the garbage that often blocked the drains, flooding the streets of Rangoon.

The Army Corps of Engineers has also been asked to deploy its team of experts to New York, made up of two hydrologists and two mechanical engineers, who are specialists at draining flooded areas.

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in southern England last month was probably caused by leaking drains, flooding and vehicles moving from a nearby laboratory complex in Pirbright shared by the government and a commercial vaccine maker, government investigators concluded, without specifying the exact source.

There, the rainfall backed up sewer drains, flooding homes and cars.

That policy then coincided with farmers being given grants to drain ancient flood plains to create more space for crops.

"To keep it from sinking, we had to drain the flood waters under the building," Mr. Ellsworth said.