Sentence examples for runoff problem from inspiring English sources

Both urban and rural environments contribute to the runoff problem.

MOTOKO MUKAI: But in the future, maybe we should require industry, if there's a runoff problem, to test that, if that complex mixture is not toxic in the mixture.

Seeing the results made him acknowledge he'd had a runoff problem he wasn't aware of.

Instead of contributing to a runoff problem during the next storm, these spaces would actually absorb excess rainwater.

The runoff problem is exacerbated by the loss of coastal wetlands which act as a natural filter for toxins and help deposit sediment.

Editor's note: This is the first of a series of three columns to address the runoff problem, overwatering from irrigation and the transporting of fertilizers, pesticides and nutrients to the ocean.

"Excess bacteria in our estuaries closes shellfish beds and can also close beaches," Mr. Clausen continued about possible runoff problems.

And overuse of fertilizers has increased runoff problems in streams and rivers and caused excess algae growth.

For this year's final challenge, the teams had to come up with low-impact development strategies to fix storm water runoff problems in two Pennsylvania townships.

In urban settings, green roofs help mitigate runoff problems, absorbing, cleaning and straining rainwater and reducing the load on city sewers.

Last year Mr. Keane organized a team to document other runoff problems throughout the portion of the watershed east of the Hudson River.