Sentence examples for outfall from inspiring English sources

While sewage kills off all life in the waters immediately next to an outfall pipe, further away from the pipe it may boost the populations of some marine creatures, and therefore in the fish and birds that feed on them.Anglers on the River Trent have tried, so far in vain, to stop further cuts in the sewage entering the river.

On leaving Loch Tay at Kenmore, the river receives the tributaries Lyon, Earn, and the outfall from the Tummel-Garry Hydroelectric Scheme, which helps control flooding of the river.

Numerous channels from the surrounding polders drain into the river, and sluices at Nieuwpoort regulate its depth, both for an adequate outfall and for navigation.

The city lies along the Velikaya (Great) River at its confluence with the small Pskova River, at a point 9 miles (14 km) above the Velikaya's outfall into Lake Pskov.

(Until 1970, Sydney's abattoirs discharged offal through the sewage outfall).

The wetlands in the Caernarvon outfall district are dotted with monitoring stations.

Mabey explains how 13,000 tons of canary grass seed, fodder for caged birds, comes into Britain every year, and is recycled into landfill sites, to leach into the water table, to drift down embankments and sewage-outfall tracks; bringing life and colour to the uniform greys of spurned and disregarded places.

On Thursday evening, two boys were swimming in the river a short distance from one of the outfalls, and Mr. Lipscomb, who was on the river for more sampling, steered his boat toward shore to warn them.

Decades ago, some 64 million pounds of phosphorus flowed into Lake Erie each year from industrial and sewer outfalls, leaky septic tanks and runoff from fertilized lawns and farms.

Now, officials with the city's Department of Environmental Protection plan a pilot program in which they will install remote sensors at five of those outfalls this year to monitor sewer overflows and water quality.

Instead of running to the plant, the sewage was being diverted to among some of 56 "outfalls" — basically, pipes leading directly to the water.