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Sentence Examples Further to the impluvium there was an underground tank connected to it which could catch any excess rainwater. After a quick ineffectual glance up at Anderson's house, she ran towards the driveway, splashing spouts of mud and rainwater up at her jeans. To counter the drain on scarce water supplies, rainwater will be collected in underground tanks and a new breed of wildlife-rich village pond. There the flowers are surrounded by thick tissue and, in some cases, even a protective moat filled with rainwater or the plants' own secretions. This volume would be reduced further if rainwater was collected and piped into troughs. The Corporation is, in fact, contemplating of slapping fines on those who refuse to take up the rainwater harvesting. With luck, the place would have a working fountain, or at least rainwater in the peristyle garden. He opened his eyes and quickly blinked as the rainwater seeped into his eyes. This is the process by which rainwater erodes limestone cliffs and creates limestone caves and sinkholes. Apart from a tiny percentage of the world's population, who drink desalinated seawater, the only water we drink is rainwater. Many soils have an uneven distribution of resources owing to fertilizer applications and the periodic saturation of topsoil with rainwater. He even made a sluice of tin and boards to catch and carry the rainwater to the parched crops. In their place are holes, which easily fill up with rainwater rendering them almost unusable. By priming the pump and plugging it in, I can use my supply of soft rainwater for many things. Outside, power lines were dragging in pools of rainwater and in the hotel corridors solid wood doors lay in splinters. Men with brooms tried valiantly to sweep excess rainwater off the stage but it was a losing battle. Downspouts from the main roof deliver rainwater to a rooftop garden over the entry vestibule. The walls shone with rainwater trailing through the grime and the ground was thick with mud between the uneven cobblestones. This is running off the parapet above and is caused from defective rainwater disposal at second storey level to the external balcony. The reservoirs store rainwater, groundwater, and surface water until water is needed on the field. Show More Sentences Some municipal water users sometimes switch to harvested rainwater as a way to avoid chlorination and fluoridation treatments. It is at least another day's drive to el Geneina, if the road is not cut by wadis carrying rainwater from the massif of Jebel Marra. The architect ensured that some rainwater would go into the soil by specifying permeable grid pavers. Concrete sunshades are not only useless, but damage the building by splashing rainwater over the walls. He stoops down, cups his right hand and scoops from the rainwater puddle and drinks. They develop in almost any container that collects rainwater, such as barrels, tanks, old tires, cups, cans, and bottles. Our streets are flooded even after short rainfalls due to acute lack of rainwater outlets and clogged storm water drains. Next time it rains, these students can go to the centre and see for themselves how rainwater can be harvested. For nine months they drifted in an open boat across the Pacific, surviving on rainwater and raw fish. While one half of the marsh receives saline water, the other half is filled with natural rainwater. The resin found its way into the trading estate's balancing pond, which catches rainwater from roofs and car parks. Maintenance is required to stop rainwater getting into the structure and corroding the steel framework of the tower. They get their water from a big trough replenished by rainwater from the roof gutter on the barn. I wandered around a bit and ended up by the two big tanks that collect rainwater from our roof. They took a sample in the rain catchment areas where rainwater would have washed down. Recycled rainwater will be used to flush the toilets and water the gardens. It is heated and cooled using the power from the nearby lake and solar panels on the roof, and the toilets are flushed using rainwater. This will effectively help the swift drainage of rainwater during heavy downpours. The barrel itself stood outside collecting rainwater in which Andrew washed his white hair. The proposal for digging rain pits to store rainwater may look good on paper. Show More Sentences The trees around her all dripped with rainwater after the sudden downpour that took place only fifteen minutes ago. Parts of the centre of York flooded as rainwater raised the level of the River Ouse flowing through the city. Families in a south Essex village today called for urgent action after rainwater and sewage flooded their homes. A length of wooden guttering ran along the front, with a downspout at the end for disposing of rainwater. Let the pots stand in a saucer of water, ideally rainwater, then let them dry off a bit over the winter. The extensive network of large irrigation channels depends entirely upon the wet season rainwater collected in the dam. It also disrupts the water table by preventing rainwater from seeping down through the soil. Or they're covered in clouds, and looking to see if they're there means an eyeful of rainwater. The current method of digging pits for storing rainwater for recharging groundwater is hence a brilliant idea. Exposure to rainwater, sea spray, and endolithic organisms may also bring about changes in the rock texture and mineralogical composition. The beginning involves a slick, wet cobblestone street and gutters flooded with England's notorious rainwater. In both projects, the rainwater falls from the roof without gutters, and open gravel trenches redirect the surface water. One easy thing homeowners can do is disconnect their downspouts, redirecting rainwater from roofs out onto porous ground. It's a place with endless noise, endless traffic and constant gusts of exhaust on those days when rainwater is not washing over the kerb. The village community, through voluntary labor, create diked pastures on rectangular plots of land, called chaukas, to store the rainwater. In carbonate-rich soils, rapid neutralization of rainwater by carbonate minerals restricts the mobilization of aluminosilicates and oxides. We can teach them that a puddle of fresh rainwater is unpleasantly wet and cold or that playing in it can be fun. Sewers overflowed and mixed with rainwater and entered houses through drain pipes. It's worth mentioning that if you have a problem with limescale in your kettle, your camellia should be watered with lime-free rainwater. Almost no light seeped through the grilles above her, making little ripply moonlit patches on the rainwater river. Show More Sentences Beads of sweat poured down King Louis' brow, indistinguishable from the rivers of rainwater that dripped earthward from his face. A permanent coating of titanium oxide causes rainwater to slide in cleansing sheets rather than in dirt-streaked rivulets. Soil here is extraordinarily thin, sandy, and well-drained owing to highly vertical relief and millennia of rainwater surface denudation. However, the real problem comes when the dry season lasts longer than normal, because this supply of rainwater will run out. It's a common problem to most cities, especially those with combined sewers, like ours that trap rushing rainwater. He used native timber from the forest, then installed solar-heated rainwater tanks, a picture window and a petrol powered generator. Previously they were left to lie fallow allowing rainwater to collect in the plough furrows. The idea of diverting and channelising rainwater to open wells stumbled upon them. All concrete surfaces should be pierced at regular distances so that rainwater percolates into the ground. When carbon dioxide from the air combines with rainwater, a weak carbonic acid is formed. When the sewers become overwhelmed with rainwater the overflows work to ensure water is prevented from backing up in the system. In India, too, a comprehensive approach to rainwater harvesting has captured the nation's imagination. Live off-grid, unplugged from the system with solar panels and rainwater harvesting. Stored rainwater also is a good standby in times of emergencies such as power outages or during periods of extreme drought when wells dry up. Pearce also examines the low-tech solutions, from rice terracing to rainwater harvesting, that have sustained communities for hundreds of years. But, it also made people wonder why the much needed rainwater harvesting structures were not extended to some areas where water simply stagnated. The double doors were missing, a fine veil of rainwater masking the entryway. With recent heavy rains the ground is even more saturated now and massive puddles of rainwater cover a large percentage of the site. He licked rainwater from his clothes to quench his raging thirst and jangled his keys to try to attract attention. There will be working models and sectional views to explain how important it is to conserve and tap rainwater. Show More Sentences The soil is nourished with herbivore manure from Edinburgh Zoo, and liberally sprinkled with fresh rainwater. A seat on the handlebars, and the tires spritzing rainwater with each revolution. Jerome, muttering and dripping thick mud and rainwater, brought up the rear of this merry parade. The reservoir is an example of using natural topography for rainwater harvesting. Her hair was still wet but she had toweled it off, soaking up the excess rainwater. A gentle breeze wafted through the air, rustling the dogwood trees and shaking sprays of rainwater from their branches. To catch rainwater, build berms on the downhill side of the plants using soil from the planting holes. A giant rainwater tank fitted in the building in the 19th century has leaked water into the walls over the years, leading to the dry rot infestation. The point he has missed is, a large percentage of India's surface area is still in villages where rainwater recharges the soil much more than it does in urban agglomerates. Giant jerry cans turn into receptacles for rainwater harvesting. Conserving rainwater to recharge the groundwater is a remarkable idea. The rainwater drainage system recharges the groundwater with runoff. The building's entire roof is a rainwater collector, feeding two 30,000-gallon cisterns, which store water used for irrigation via an automatic sprinkler system. The deluge comes from the ceiling, where excess rainwater has worked its way into the subway car from outside. For one thing, there are wristwatches, cell phones, digital diaries and calculators that most people carry with them, that have to be protected from rainwater. The inner east elevation contains a playful geometric pattern of drainage hoppers with diagonal gutters that carry rainwater down to ground level. For some two hours, we drove on rutted gravel running with rainwater. A lot of older cities have sewer systems that take rainwater, sewage, and industrial wastewater in the same pipe. The effort to harvest rainwater has been started on a macro level by INTACH and other organisations, and at the micro level by residents of welfare associations. The rainwater falling on the rooftop, which acts as the catchment area, is directed to the storage tank with the help of specially made channels using PVC pipes. Show More Sentences And the rainwater leaking into homes now could cause health problems months from now when mould and mildew grow in the carpets and air-conditioning ducts. And their tanks are rainwater tanks and so the amount of water they receive from our header tanks is basically just enough to subsist on until the next big rain event. When there were less built-up areas and the storm water channels were free of blockages and more tanks to collect rainwater, the monsoon barely made any difference. The siphonic rainwater disposal system and the central valley gutter are always likely to be a cause of water penetration without regular and routine maintenance. Some solbreeders still exist on nearby anchored ships, living off fish and rainwater, and some hope of eventual rescue. Another way to manage your own storm water is to get a rain barrel, which can be attached to your downspout to store rainwater and prevent it from flooding your basement. Beneath the body was a dark liquid stain that looked as if it might have been left by oil dripped from the leaky sump of a parked car or an evaporated puddle of rainwater. The banks are still perforated in places by flapped devices which allow the outflow of rainwater at low tide, while preventing inundation by the incoming tidal surge. These white, concrete basins collect valuable rainwater, which is distributed to the pools and fountains and is also used to humidify the interior air. Birds love water, and wildlife authorities are planning to create a few more ponds inside the Guindy National Park to impound rainwater more effectively. From digging rainwater pits to cleaning of ponds, the local bodies in Ernakulam district have taken up water conservation programmes in a big way. Use damp-proof courses to drain off rainwater and surround the building with a porous surface such as gravel or cobblestones so that water can be re-absorbed into the ground. Last month council officials halted the water supply to the pump room after discovering that leaks in the old borehole meant that visitors were mainly drinking rainwater. For watering our garden, we direct rainwater from our roof gutters. If he had requested, prior to the ingress of water, that Richmond check the rainwater downpipes and outlets, one might have expected him to have mentioned that in this letter. Then, in the late 1960s, farmers switched to the perforated, corrugated plastic pipes that homeowners often use to carry rainwater away from their downspouts. Construction of a floodwall and rainwater pumping system at the airport's west end electrical substation and lighting vault. Because of their tremendous size and steep walls, calderas often trap rainwater or melted snow and form mountaintop lakes. The law requires that each household collect rainwater that is piped down from the roof of each house. Sewers and treatment works are unable to cope with the large volumes of rainwater entering the system. Show More Sentences The rainwater was accumulating in deep manurey puddles around the barn and stables. Overlapping dunes form oolitic ridges, which become rapidly lithified through the action of rainwater. This road also faced a catastrophe in 2011 when it was sumerged with rainwater. It increases the permeability of the soil to rainwater, thus decreasing runoff. Handcar 4, Stand A20 BENE manufactures plant technology for treating industrial wastewater and rainwater. Historically, during the rainy season from June to November, heavy rainwater would gush down the Kissimmee River to fill Lake Okeechobee. Cliff stabilization can be accomplished through drainage of excess rainwater of through terracing, planting and wiring to hold cliffs in place. All gardens, nature strips, and parks would benefit if we ensured that a higher percentage of rainwater was returned back into the ground. Attached to a roof gutter, it channels rainwater from the roof into a catchment basin. Grants are also available for catch crops, rainwater harvesting, field drainage and livestock removal from high risk fields. Clean rainwater is now harvested to use for watering and washing down yards, while sleeping policemen on the yard separate clean and dirty water. Buy a rain barrel to catch rainwater off your downs pouts and distribute that water to your garden. Water hardness results from the solution of carbon dioxide released by bacterial action in the soil in the percolating rainwater. Project management perversion of drinking water systems, sewage, rainwater and optical loop for the second Angevin Angevin tramline. Esther leaned against the sinkless wooden counter against the wall. The counter supported a portable gas stove and a bucket of rainwater. That clay will not allow rainwater to penetrate far and will not give up much water to plants, so the site is a drouthy one for plants. Some evidence suggests eutrophic rainwater can convert ericoid heaths with species such as Erica tetralix to grasslands. Some car makers are considering abandoning conventional wipers and using a compressor system which blows hot air on to windscreens to blast away rainwater, ice and snow. In the plantation period, shallow wells, supplemented by rainwater collected in cisterns, provided sufficient water for the pastoral lifestyle of the small population. As Mike parked the vehicle, its right wheels sank into an unpaved gutter gradually worn irregular and deep by the rush of rainwater flowing down the street. Show More Sentences Ground-feeding birds, song thrushes and dunnocks will have found it difficult to feed with no grass to peck and all the worms drowned by the rainwater. The 2012 Annual PVC Roofline Industry Market Report covers the PVC roofline market including cellular foam profiles, PVC rainwater products and twin wall soffit. Gibraltar's water supply was formerly provided by a combination of an aqueduct, wells, and the use of cisterns, barrels and earthenware pots to capture rainwater. In ancient times, the storm sewers diverted rainwater flowing down from Mount Rahmat away from the platform on which Persepolis is built, thus saving it from being undermined. When he was in the rainforest, he lived on bugs and rainwater. They kept a barrel to store rainwater that has run off the roof. A brief explanation was presented on the sanitary sector and rainwater drainage systems and treated water, which is used for irrigational and agricultural purposes in Bahrain. They are porous and highly permeable to rainfall, and allow rainwater to slow percolate into the soil below, instead of flowing over the surface as runoff. A camber, making the road slightly convex, ensured rainwater rapidly drained off the road rather than penetrate and damage the road's foundations. Metcalf believed a good road should have good foundations, be well drained and have a smooth convex surface to allow rainwater to drain quickly into ditches at the side. Examples from Classical Literature They were more than a thousand feet high, with a pond of rainwater at the bottom. He extended his hands, and drank greedily of the rainwater that had lodged in a hollow of the rock. There was some small game which gave us meat, and the little pools of rainwater were sufficient to quench our thirst. During some winters, rainwater pools in the normally bone-dry lakebed and freezes into thin rafts of floating ice. Below this opening was a shallow basin into which the rainwater fell. Also, as it is now, without kerbstones, rainwater runs off the road towards the soft shoulder and the adjacent lower ground. The bacteria oxidize sulfide-bound minerals and proliferate in the acidic solutions created when rainwater reacts with ore. You'm only a drop o' rainwater,' said the little hairy thing. After a few seconds I withdrew it and washed it very gently in rainwater. Broadleaved woodland serves both as a natural umbrella and a sponge, while wet pasture, wetlands and water meadows soak up and store rainwater. Then I went to the rainwater tub, with my heart up in my throat. The rainwater, instead of feeding the springs, now ran swiftly away. The water highly prized and sold is the rainwater caught in tanks. Another fresh water source is rainwater, which we intend to collect by putting eaves trough on our barns and getting some kind of tank to contain the water. When these accumulation products are in the process of erosion and immersion by rainwater, the harmful trace elements, various phenols, PAHs and alky homologue are dissolved. Find more words! 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