Sentence examples for primary stormwater from inspiring English sources

Those funds, managed by the nonprofit Chesapeake Bay Foundation, seeded a program of incentive grants that encouraged eight builders to choose green roofs over other traditional devices as their primary stormwater control device (stormwater control plans are required for any new construction or redevelopment of more than 5,000 square feet in the District).

On a typical sewage treatment works, sedimentation units are provided in three stages of treatment, namely, stormwater detention and treatment, primary sedimentation, and final or secondary sedimentation.

Additionally, the use of reference condition values can lead to the assumption of an equilibrium, or constant state, while aquatic ecosystems are generally in a state of flux (Reeves & Duncan,2009), driven by climatic, seasonal or external influences (e.g. stormwater runoff) and changing primary productivity.

Microbial hazards in stormwater, especially human viruses, represent the primary public health threat.

Most notable significantly decreasing trends were observed at stations along the primary eutrophication gradient within WCA-2 where historically untreated stormwater runoff was discharged resulting in a significant area of impact (DeBusk et al. 2001).

Back in 2003, when Toronto first unrolled its stormwater plan, improving water quality was the main concern.

In Lower Manhattan, stormwater flooded five subway tubes, two Amtrak tunnels, and three of the city's primary roadways.

Stormwater is causing the overflow at Yorktown.

I was particularly interested in the focus on stormwater runoff.

Instead, all the clues pointed to stormwater runoff.

This rule requires municipalities with populations over 10,000 to institute a stormwater management plan in order to qualify for a stormwater Spdes (State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permit to discharge stormwater into a waterbody.