Sentence examples for large amount of silt from inspiring English sources

A study by the commission also questioned the dam's long-term effectiveness because of the large amount of silt in the river.

Another major criticism was that large amounts of silt were being deposited into the reservoirs.

In a telephone news conference, Mr. Salazar said the releases would be timed for when storms or snowmelt have carried large amounts of silt just downriver from the dam.

Detective Mark Coleman, of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, said rescue divers found large amounts of silt inside the ship, which would have made it difficult for the men to find their way out.

The critics of the company say five regional watersheds have been severely damaged from large amounts of silt associated with tree cutting, hundreds of hillsides have been stripped so bare that mudslides occur even after light rain, and scores of homeowners have been repeatedly flooded.

Flood waters had overwhelmed the city's filtration system, and our drinking water was deemed unsafe due to large amounts of silt and residues.

Large amounts of silt dredged from the rivers Parrett and Tone are set to be stored on farmland on the Somerset Levels if planning consent is obtained.

They can affect the quality of water by depositing large amounts of silt and debris".

A byproduct of these extraction methods was that large amounts of gravel, silt, heavy metals, and other pollutants went into streams and rivers.

As the edges of the plates gradually contracted and subsided, large amounts of sand, silts, and mud from the continents settled and accumulated along their seaward side.

I spent a large amount of money.