Sentence examples for runoff flows through from inspiring English sources

Instead of siphoning it into bays and other bodies, the runoff flows through perforated pipes and percolates back into the soil.

But because storm water runoff flows through the same pipes, each plant has been equipped with enough capacity to handle double its ordinary load on rainy days.

As you turn onto the western border, the source of that pollution presents itself: mile after mile of sugarcane fields, with runoff flowing through drainage canals directly into the refuge.

The government has declared a public holiday from Thursday to Monday, when high tides are expected to push back at the runoff flowing through Bangkok's canals, causing floodwaters to crest.

Ile runoff flows directly into Lake Balkhash through six streams: Ile, Baimenov, Balakashkan, Eer, Shubarkunan and Naryn (Report of scientific research 1989; Dostay 2009).

The mountains are sodden, so runoff flows down the slopes to fill rivers, which flood the plains and coastal areas.

Runoff flows to the ocean, uncaptured.

The aim of this paper was to investigate the ability of Lithuanian sheep wool waste and reeds (Phragmites australis) to absorb oil from runoff when it flows through filters filled with these materials.

Forestry and farming were denuding the hills so that runoff flowed more freely into the river.

So much runoff flowed down the Colorado River that Glen Canyon Dam almost burst in 1983.

[p. 67-68] Other innovative forms of concrete include filtercrete, which is comprised of highly porous concrete that allows naturally-occurring bacteria to colonize it and runoff to flow through it.