Sentence examples for wastewater runoff from inspiring English sources

Last spring his proposal, which had been certified by the City Planning Commission, encountered strong opposition at Community Board 8 because of environmental concerns about rocks, trees, wastewater runoff and roads.

"I am 150% sure that the reason is the wastewater runoff" from towns without proper sewage treatment, particularly of phosphate-containing detergents, said Oleg Timoshkin, biologist at the Russian Academy of Sciences Limnological Institutee in Irkutsk.

River runoff from inland areas, which are characterized by diversified agricultural and aquaculture activities (both practices involve the application of fertilizers and other chemicals) as well as wastewater runoff and eroded soils may contribute to the higher concentrations of ammonia during monsoon.

In terms of quality, the surface water of the country is vulnerable to pollution from untreated industrial effluents and municipal wastewater, runoff from chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and oil and lube spillage in the coastal area from the operation of sea and river ports (Hossain 2001).

It has experienced chronic algal blooms caused by citrus farm fertilizer and wastewater runoff from nearby farms.

The mayor is also implementing the Greener Neighborhoods initiative, finding ways to reduce wastewater runoff through providing subsidies for green roofing and other low-impact development.

It is undergoing a $5 billion upgrade to increase its capacity for processing wastewater, especially runoff from storms, by more than twofold.

Storm water has become a primary source of pollution around the country, especially in urban areas, as the Clean Water Act — passed by Congress four decades ago — has forced the cleanup of wastewater and runoff from industrial facilities.

The technical systems are essential components of urban infrastructure for water collection, treatment, storage and distribution, as well as for wastewater and runoff collection and subsequent treatment.

An equally elaborate drainage network of open and covered channels collected wastewater, rain runoff, and drainage water from the site for deposit into the nearby bay.

Seepage losses from constructed wetlands, wildlife refuges, wastewater lagoons, runoff collection ponds, and other engineered surface impoundments of water or aquatic ecosystems in areas with deep groundwater levels can be minimized with artificial liners (plastic, compacted earth, etc).