Sentence examples for rain sewer from inspiring English sources

The investigation indicated that the probable source of contamination was the use of explosives at a nearby rain sewer construction site.

He added that the city was discharging 500 million gallons a day "of sewage which receives rudimentary treatment at best". When it rains, sewers overflow and raw sewage is dumped in the harbor, for a total discharge of 1.8 billion gallons a year, he said.

When it rains, the sewer system is inundated with water.

When it rains, combined sewer overflows spill into the river.

When the city experiences heavy rains, the sewer system reaches capacity and untreated sewage is dumped into the city's waterways.

As it is now, thousands of beaches are closed every year as heavy rains cause sewers and drains to overflow, washing sewage into the surf.

Brooker fully admits that the Thames hosts a fair amount of fecal matter and charmingly describes the way the foreshore can turn brown after heavy rains ("The sewers can't handle that amount of water, they're all Victorian"), but to him, that's sort of the point.

They were built to take not only waste water from people's homes, but to act as London's drainage system - when it rains, the sewers fill up.

Cockerham's house took on more than a foot of water and the pressure from all that rain cracked the sewer pipes, leaving them without a functioning toilet.

New York - Mayor Bloomberg has spent $252 million on wireless meters that detect leaks four times a day, promoting green rooftops and other ground-breaking green infrastructure to capture rain water, reduce sewer overflows and save the city $2 billion over 20 years.

Such biological agents flood into local waters when rain storms make sewers overflow.