Sentence examples for source of silt from inspiring English sources

The source of silt in water is varied and often includes bacteria, clay, colloidal silica, and corrosion products.

Total suspended solids indicated the possibility of the intake bay becoming a source of elevated Silt Density Index (SDI) for the new SWRO plant.

The considerable morphodynamic energy provided by the continuing tectonic evolution of Asia is expressed in high erosional potentials and very high rates of sediment production that make this continent unequalled as a terrestrial source of primary silt.

Consequently, silt sources and mechanisms of silt generation are likely to be much more diverse for 'desert' loess than those associated with glacial loess.

One laboratory experiment involved the introduction of silt as a source of sediment fines to the model recharge trench.

Nevertheless, fine (dust-sized) aeolian sediments were transported down valley in suspension and the source of this material was a silt-dominated meltwater deposit up valley from the monitoring sites.

In addition, the incorporation of silt particles in biofilm may provide an additional source of nutrients.

Then there is the problem of silt.

Accumulation of silt has narrowed many sewer channels.

* From: Sergeant Rocco Smith, Admiral of the Silt City Regional Marine Armada, Town of Silt City To: "Gifts for the Good Guys," c/o the Pentagon Thanks for the G.F.G.G. night airdrop.

Silt-retaining dams have not been completely effective (the accumulation of silt reduces the power-generating capacity of the dams), and they have been criticized by environmentalists.