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Meanings of storm sewer in inglês

russo
ливневая канализация
português
galeria pluvial
espanhol
desague
catalão
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Rainwater harvesting infrastructure.

        galeria pluvial
        Synonyms
        Examples for "storm drain"
        Examples for "storm drain"
        1
        I saw light from the storm drain at the end of it.
        The king of lies
        2
        The closet floor was snug and blackly glittering as a storm drain.
        Flesh and blood
        3
        The last handful of pieces he dropped into a watery storm drain.
        Book One: Apotheosis
        4
        I think maybe you look in the storm drain and you'll find it.
        The king of lies
        5
        Without moving, it recedes down the storm drain of temporal flow.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        1
        Residents from a neighbourhood in Durban were alarmed by the cries of an infant, seemingly coming from a stormwater drain nearby.
        The South African
        2
        For the second time in five years, six ground floor units in Glendene, West Auckland flooded after a nearby stormwater drain failed during heavy rain.
        Radio NZ
        3
        Contractors were clearing stormwater drains across the city ahead of the rain, Mr Adamson said.
        Radio NZ
        4
        Solid waste dumped into stormwater drains exacerbates the flooding.
        Reuters
        5
        The Sea Starts Here, over various stormwater drains.
        The South African
        1
        The oil spilled out along the ground, into a surface water drain and ended up in the stream.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of storm sewer in inglês
        1
        Another witness saw the monster, dripping ooze, squeezing up from the storm sewer.
        Haunted: a novel of stories
        2
        Like a leaf going down a storm sewer...lost at sea.
        Down river
        3
        The basement next door has an access to a short segment of the city's old storm sewer system.
        Carrion comfort
        4
        It was a prospect he did not relish, especially if someone discovered the IED under the storm sewer lid.
        The cabal
        5
        In addition, we studied the only wastewater treatment plant, a combined sewer overflow and a storm sewer within the area.
        Pubmed
        6
        Some oil spilled into storm sewers, forcing the temporary closure of a waste-water treatment plant.
        Reuters
        7
        Standing water flooded across Seattle streets during the day, causing some havoc for drivers as storm sewers overflowed.
        Reuters
        8
        Some of the business houses and hotels downtown emptied directly into the storm sewers, giving off an awful smell.
        The well and the mine
        9
        From their home in the storm sewers of New York City, they battle petty criminals and others to protect society.
        Reuters
        10
        Miami flooded last year when the storm sewers backed up because the water table was too high to drain them.
        Wired
        11
        "He fell in the storm sewer," Chalk announced, gesturing at Fixit.
        Armageddon's Children
        12
        Such of them as issue from storm sewers will be eliminated when a solution turns up for the problem of runoff water.
        The Nation's River: A report on the Potomac / From the U.S. Depa...
        13
        Street people pushing wheelbarrows piled high with dripping clots of million-and billion-dollar bills that they have raked up out of storm sewers.
        Snow Crash
        14
        "You missed that storm sewer by an inch!"
        O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
        15
        Pollutive runoff from urban areas merges with the whole question of urban sewer systems, for most of it gets to the river through storm sewers.
        The Nation's River: A report on the Potomac / From the U.S. Depa...