Sentence examples for runoff systems from inspiring English sources

By buffering rainstorms, they prevent the need for larger, costlier storm-water runoff systems.

The bay beaches are particularly susceptible during periods of heavy rain, since many of the storm water runoff systems empty into the bay, stirring up bacterial matter in the brackish waters.

In urban areas, streams are often degraded as they are diverted through storm water runoff systems, removal of riparian vegetation, and the construction of roads, parking lots and buildings (Buffers 2000).

Only few studies have attempted to couple a storm water runoff model with a distributed hydrological model even though infiltration or exfiltration processes between pipes and canals of urban runoff systems and groundwater are widely recognised.

For example, at the investigated urban area at the City of Silkeborg, Western Denmark, the coupled model show that one fourth (24%) of water input to the storm water runoff systems arrives from groundwater sources.

Such basic information on the drainage structure of an area can be valuable for site-specific hydrologic assessments but also has significant implications for critical loads assessment, as low runoff systems tend to be less buffered and therefore are more sensitive to acidification.

A runoff system is hardly worth it.

RUNOFF SYSTEM SUGGESTED -- John B. Anderson, who won 6.6percentt of the vote as an independent presidential candidate in 1980, says some of the hand-wringing among left-leaning voters would be unnecessary if the nation adopted an "instant runoff" system of voting.

Under that runoff system, used in some European countries, voters select their candidates in order of preference.

Some government watchdog advocates suggest that instead of a runoff, New York could adopt a preferential-voting, or instant runoff, system in the primary.

The National Front got about 14 percent of the vote, but given the runoff system and the UMP's refusal to support National Front candidates, Ms. Le Pen's party is likely to get only a few seats.