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the outfalls

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To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally.

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Pumping stations were built at Chelsea, Deptford, Abbey Mills and Crossness to raise up sewage from low-lying areas and discharge it onwards to the outfalls.

On Thursday evening, two boys were swimming in the river a short distance from one of the outfalls, and Mr. Lipscomb, who was on the river for more sampling, steered his boat toward shore to warn them.

Stephen Halliday, author of The Great Stink of London, explains: "Bazalgette's plan, which was modified in some details as construction progressed, proposed a network of main sewers, running parallel to the river, which would intercept both surface water and waste, conducting them to the outfalls at Barking on the northern side of the Thames and Crossness, near Plumstead, on the southern side".

Moreover in correspondence of the outfalls, significant changes of the fish size distribution were detected for several species.

Bhargava (1985a, b) highlighted the ways to achieve this designing the outfalls with respect to the flow rates and spacing, keeping in mind the river's self-purifying capabilities.

Most of the population centered on the outfalls of the two large perennial streams in the area, San Juan and San Mateo Creeks, as well as Trabuco Creek.

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"They were congregating around the outfall from a fish cannery.

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The mussel bed is being installed on top of the outfall.

Garrett wanted to show me the Fleet Chamber, a vast Bazalgettian structure near the outfall into the Thames.

Turfed flood banking extends from beyond Foulshaw Moss in the west and as far as the outfall of the river Bela to the east.

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