Sentence examples for filter storm from inspiring English sources

SUSANNAH C. DRAKE Brooklyn, Sept. 10, 2013 The writer is a landscape architect designing systems to capture and filter storm water runoff in natural landscapes.

18. Franzia box, Chile ($20 for 5 liters, equal to about $3 a bottle): Like Bazooka Joe chawed down on a big wad of bubble gum and used it to filter storm water runoff.

The water catchment and management system uses a pervious parking lot and plants on the roof's edge to filter storm water slowly into the ground, preventing runoff from washing away large amounts of soil.

The bike lanes are impressive and getting even better now as streets get "bioswales", patches of turf and shrub that capture and filter storm water and simultaneously calm traffic and separate pedestrians and cyclists from the Priuses.

They also suck CO2 from the atmosphere, filter storm water runoff, purify the air and provide habitat for urban critters.

Rooftop gardens that help filter storm water and help cool the building, reducing the use of air conditioning, were also on display.

The tamed wild prairie also plays a big environmental role, controlling erosion and filtering storm water, which eventually winds up in a lake where people can fish and swim.

Meanwhile, in the 14-acre park, native plants reduce the need for irrigation, and a basin filters storm runoff from the building site, according to the release.

The ratio of the running time of POS FILTER to Storm bolt is 1.11.

The areas are valued as buffers for floodwaters, filters for storm runoff, nurseries for cranberries and shelters for a complex web of plants and wildlife.

They also grow oysters — lots of oysters — in an effort to restore living reefs that act as pollution filters and storm barriers.