Sentence examples for storm drainage from inspiring English sources

The recent flooding has highlighted the country's ineffective storm drainage.

The residents want a new, separate system for storm drainage.

"We don't manage our storm drainage properly, from a flooding point of view.

The city used the money to bury unsightly power lines underground and to modernize its sewage and storm drainage systems.

Traffic can still be a nuisance in Rossville, as is a shortage of sewers and storm drainage.

Ammonia and chloroform bacteria -- substances that usually indicate domestic sewage problems -- have been found in storm drainage systems, Mr. Hicks said.

A 30-foot section of levee on an irrigation canal there collapsed early Saturday after a day of rain and light snow, unleashing a flood of storm-drainage water into some 500 homes, said Chuck Allen of the Nevada Department of Public Safety.

Three sites contain storm-drainage outlets (drain 16 52 acres) that deliver effluent into the intertidal zone whereas five sites were located ⩾ 100 m away and served as comparisons to determine differences related to the presence of storm-water.

In the 1990s, Las Vegas began building storm-drainage tunnels to protect the tourist destination from raging flash floods.

After being forced from shacks, derelict buildings, and their own families, many homeless LGBT Jamaicans have found refuge in the storm-drainage systems of Kingston known locally as the "gully".

The storm water drainage system is made up of the natural river drainage and man-made storm water drains.