storm sewer
Americannoun
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Wastewater treatment plants are designed to take in thousands of gallons of wastewater from sanitary and storm sewer systems, and that water also carries a significant load of microplastics and PFAS.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024
Under their driveway was a hidden 5-foot-diameter storm sewer that was installed when the farmland was converted to residential property.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
“They do not take into account the storm sewer systems,” Criswell told Maloney.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 6, 2021
Lambert acknowledged that Alexandria had in recent decades not put enough money behind storm sewer maintenance, particularly when it comes to updating and enlarging pipes to meet newer design standards.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2021
We lived near this market—my father, my mother, my nine sisters and brothers and I—underground in a big pipe that had once been part of a storm sewer, but was no longer used.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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