• It is therefore very important that no one be allowed to dump waste of any kind onto the street surface, drainage pipes, and ditches, or into storm drains - they are only for rainwater. (coffeyville.com)
  • Drainage ditches in Lazarevskoye run along almost every street in the neighborhood. (pravda.ru)
  • Sand bars, overbank flood deposits, and other sandy areas along streams and in drainage ditches, which are often attractive play areas for young children. (cdc.gov)
  • Maintenance of ditches, drainage channels, canals, and other watercourses throughout the United States commonly results in sediments being placed in a variety of areas. (cdc.gov)
  • A stream with a dendritic drainage pattern, for example, can be subject to slow tectonic uplift. (wikipedia.org)
  • If the geology underlying a stream system is fairly uniform-rocks equally resistant to erosion in all directions-a dendritic drainage pattern will develop, as shown in figure 1. (lumenlearning.com)
  • A dendritic drainage pattern is the most common type. (lumenlearning.com)
  • A Slippery Rock University faculty-student research team is studying local streams afflicted by acid mine drainage using leaves from native trees and other organic matter to grow bacteria. (sru.edu)
  • The stream thus keeps its dendritic pattern even though it flows over a landscape that will normally produce a trellis drainage pattern. (wikipedia.org)
  • This results in a trellis drainage pattern, as show in figure 2. (lumenlearning.com)
  • It's called the Adour-Garonne drainage basin. (brgm.fr)
  • The law of basin areas indicated that the mean basin area of successive ordered streams formed a linear relationship when graphed. (physicalgeography.net)
  • Drainage density is a measure of the length of stream channel per unit area of drainage basin. (physicalgeography.net)
  • the area of the drainage basin is about 400 square miles (1,000 square km). (britannica.com)
  • During April through October 1977 we investigated the distribution of stream fishes from Salt Creek Basin in southeastern Nebraska. (unl.edu)
  • The region formed by the drainage basin of the Tennessee River has a natural endowment of great variety and richness, but among its many assets, none, perhaps, is more distinctive than the scenic quality of its mountains, streams, and forests," states the introduction of this interesting volume. (oldworldauctions.com)
  • In contrast, metastatic tumors form in other tissues and either directly invade nearby structures or travel distantly through the body via the blood stream or lymphatic drainage. (medscape.com)
  • The repair of the bifid scrotum involved preserving a 2cm penile dorsal skin bridge to improve vascular supply and lymphatic drainage. (annals.edu.sg)
  • The lymphatic vessels grow progressively larger and form 2 lymphatic ducts: the right lymphatic duct, which drains the upper right quadrant, and the thoracic duct, which drains the remaining lymphatic tributaries. (medscape.com)
  • Lymph nodes are bean-shaped structures that are widely distributed throughout the lymphatic pathway, providing a filtration mechanism for the lymph before it rejoins the blood stream. (medscape.com)
  • Peritoneal stomata constitute the principal pathways for the drainage of intraperitoneal contents from the PERITONEAL CAVITY to the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM. (bvsalud.org)
  • Illicit Drainage Complaints: Observed illegal dumping into the stormwater system and/ or streams. (coffeyville.com)
  • Unlike wastewater from sinks, toilets, and showers, which flows via an underground pipe system to a treatment facility for cleaning/purification before it is discharged into waterways, stormwater is untreated and goes directly into local creeks, streams, and the Roanoke River. (roanokecountyva.gov)
  • If you see anything other than stormwater going onto street surfaces or into the storm drains within the County, such as leaves, grass clippings, motor oil, etc., please report it immediately by submitting the below form, online. (roanokecountyva.gov)
  • some residents (particularly children ages 6 to 12) may wade, swim, play, and even fish in stormwater drainages, local streams, and ponds (e.g., private ponds and creeks passing through rural residential settings). (cdc.gov)
  • Boy falls into storm drainage system in Sochi and drowns in front of his grandmother's eyes. (pravda.ru)
  • Officials with the Sochi administration said that the storm drainage system in the city (the tragedy took place in Lazarevskoye area) had been built in the early 1960s. (pravda.ru)
  • Such a construction of the storm drainage system is supposed to be fully open, because during strong tropical downpours, which occur in Sochi, streams of water can carry metal railings or grids away, which may pose a threat to people's lives. (pravda.ru)
  • A network of streams, including tributaries, has formed. (lumenlearning.com)
  • A stream with no tributaries is a first order stream. (lumenlearning.com)
  • A stream that has any second-order tributaries and none higher is a third-order stream, and so on. (lumenlearning.com)
  • As more and more tributaries join together a larger stream network is formed and the master stream, the highest order stream in the system has a discharge that is the sum of all the tributary discharges. (lumenlearning.com)
  • A stream system that includes multiple tributaries exhibits a distinct drainage pattern as seen on a map. (lumenlearning.com)
  • Stream sediment samples were collected from tributaries of the geochemically anomalous drainages. (cdc.gov)
  • The measurement of drainage density provides a hydrologist or geomorphologist with a useful numerical measure of landscape dissection and runoff potential. (physicalgeography.net)
  • On a highly permeable landscape, with small potential for runoff, drainage densities are sometimes less than 1 kilometer per square kilometer. (physicalgeography.net)
  • A watershed is the area of land from which all rainfall and runoff drains into a single stream, river or lake. (indiantrail.org)
  • If you see someone dumping anything onto street surfaces, into storm drains, or into any other device built to contain rainfall or runoff, please report it immediately by completing the form below. (coffeyville.com)
  • The drainage area of a stream encompasses all the land from which surface runoff flows into that stream. (lumenlearning.com)
  • However, if the coastal forest is cut and transformed to croplands and pastures, more water is lost through runoff in streams and never reaches the atmosphere, resulting in less rain in the central regions of the rainforest. (lu.se)
  • Since M is related to the ratio of the average streamflow to the maximum streamflow which, in turn, is related to the drainage area, it may be possible to determine M a priori and construct an FDC for ungauged basins. (mdpi.com)
  • Watersheds are also sometimes referred to as drainage basins or drainage areas. (indiantrail.org)
  • At this same time, drainage to prehistoric seas was interrupted, and rivers and streams were diverted to interior basins. (molossia.org)
  • Tectonic activity can form lake basins: Lake Tahoe occupies a faulted trough between the Sierra to the west and the Carson Range to the east. (usatoday.com)
  • The drainages that intersect throughout the ranch form wonderful wildlife habitat. (fayranches.com)
  • Ridges of higher ground generally form the boundaries between watersheds. (indiantrail.org)
  • If a region is underlain by layered formations of rock that have been folded, and the layers have different degrees of resistance to erosion, the stream valleys will tend to follow the layers of less resistant rock, and the layers of harder rock will become ridges. (lumenlearning.com)
  • It is formed by small streams and seasonal watercourses (wadis), which rise chiefly in the Hare (Mountains of) GilboaÊ¿ to the south and west and the Nazareth Hills of Lower Galilee to the north. (britannica.com)
  • The plateaus that are formed by this process are typically mountains that have disintegrated on themselves and covered the ground around them with large debris. (worldatlas.com)
  • The Naukluft mountains started evolving about 2000 million years ago, when volcanic activity injected vast amounts of igneous rocks like granite and syenite into the existing ancient formations, forming banded gneiss and flaky schist that can still be found scattered on the Western side, from the Kudu Plain to the Quartz Valley called the Rheoboth formation. (jhbhiking.org.za)
  • Today, in many of the deeper kloofs and in faults in the mountains, crystal-clear water is discharged into springs and streams. (jhbhiking.org.za)
  • However, plateaux also formed along the flat sheets of the sedimentary deposits, at the base of the mountains, like the Melkbos Plain, or on the high ground, like the Kapokvlakte. (jhbhiking.org.za)
  • Some of the best hikes in Arizona are along riparian desert canyons, where permanent streams flow through rocky gorges, flanked by trees, bushes and wildflowers, with arid, cactus-covered slopes rising high above, and one of the most famous locations is Aravaipa Canyon , 50 miles north of Tucson at the foot of the Galiuro Mountains . (americansouthwest.net)
  • The drainage is about 60 miles long and most is unremarkable, forming a broad valley east of the mountains, but for 15 miles on the north side of the range the stream is enclosed by sheer or very steep cliffs up to 600 feet high, and in some places the water covers all of the canyon floor. (americansouthwest.net)
  • The views are stunning, with steep, rugged canyon walls that form the mountains above the ranch. (fayranches.com)
  • Coal is formed from prehistoric plants that when they die are not able to release the energy they built up from photosynthesis Typically the plants had fallen into large swamps and bogs, and then over time the dead plants lying on the bottom of the swamps and bogs were slowly covered with other dead plants and sediment build-up. (bartleby.com)
  • We refer to coal as a "fossil fuel" today because it is created from prehistoric plants and the coal we have today has been millions of years since it was in plant form. (bartleby.com)
  • The cause for this change is the result of acid mine drainage, known as AMD, from abandoned mines entering waterways. (sru.edu)
  • It was installed 25 miles east of the stream by the Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition, a group focused on the conservation and remediation of local waterways. (sru.edu)
  • An antecedent stream is a stream that maintains its original course and pattern despite the changes in underlying rock topography. (wikipedia.org)
  • This topography was formed over the last 30 million years by the faulting and lifting of the land. (molossia.org)
  • Studies of other natural branching networks have revealed patterns similar to the stream order model. (physicalgeography.net)
  • Landslides off steep Sierra slopes may dam streams or confuse drainage enough to create lakes, as in Mirror Lake in Yosemite National Park -- which, following natural patterns of lake succession, is disappearing as sediment deposits transform it into a sodden meadow. (usatoday.com)
  • Drainage can occur any time of the year but is most common from late winter to early spring, late summer to early winter and sporadically during the growing season due to heavy or prolonged rains. (ontario.ca)
  • Most of the inhabited streams within this small range occur on protected lands and include multiple habitable branches. (eaglehill.us)
  • High quality sand deposits occur between Alappuzha and Cherthala which form a stretch of 35 Km in length along the western side of Vembanad Lake . (indianetzone.com)
  • This report contains the major findings of a 1999 2001 assessment of water quality in the Acadian-Pontchartrain Drainages Study Unit. (usgs.gov)
  • This report also is for individuals who wish to know more about the quality of streams and ground water in areas near where they live, and how that water quality compares to other areas across the Nation. (usgs.gov)
  • The water-quality conditions in the Acadian-Pontchartrain Drainages Study Unit summarized in this report are discussed in detail in other reports that can be accessed from ( http://la.water.usgs.gov/nawqa/default.htm ). (usgs.gov)
  • This water joins small rivers, then forms larger rivers, and finally flows into the Atlantic Ocean. (brgm.fr)
  • They let water circulate easily and thus form fabulous reservoirs. (brgm.fr)
  • When a reservoir gets deeper and is covered with an aquitard, water saturates the entire aquifer and forms a confined aquifer. (brgm.fr)
  • Mines exposed rocks containing pyrite which reacts to water and air to form acid and dissolved iron and can easily wash into rivers and streams. (bartleby.com)
  • As water moves underground, from hilltops toward a stream through tiny fractures in the limestone bedrock, the rock is slowly dissolved away by weak acids found naturally in rain and soil water. (uky.edu)
  • As one of the Earth's significant landforms, plateaus are formed by many processes involving lava extrusion, volcanic magma upwelling, and erosion by glaciers and flowing water bodies. (worldatlas.com)
  • Haq's Musings: Thar Drought: Precursor of Dust Bowl in Water-Stressed Pakistan? (riazhaq.com)
  • A stream is flow of water, driven by gravity, in a natural channel, on land. (lumenlearning.com)
  • Rinsing soil away from the section of pipe shown in Figure 2 shows it is also plugged with dense fibrous roots, holding small soil particles flowing in the drainage water. (ontario.ca)
  • Farm drainage systems that have remained fairly dry for several years may run water frequently or constantly if water tables become high. (ontario.ca)
  • This refers to water pollution that results when sulfur-bearing minerals associated with coal are exposed to air and water and form sulfuric acid and ferrous sulfate. (photius.com)
  • One of the most controversial of the Obama Administration's environmental regulations, the WOTUS Rule sets forth the geographic reach of the agencies' authority to regulate streams, wetlands and other water bodies pursuant to the CWA. (hklaw.com)
  • Mostly, however, bridges cross geologically formed features such as rivers and the myriad forms of depressions carved into the landscape over time by flowing water. (carnegiemnh.org)
  • Coastal precipitation is taken up by the plants and returned to the atmosphere in the form of water vapour that forms clouds. (lu.se)
  • Sediments exposed when the water in a stream or creek running through residential yards recedes. (cdc.gov)
  • The project involves observing three different streams near Slippery Rock: one currently suffering from AMD, one being treated with a filtration system and one that has never experienced the effects of AMD. (sru.edu)
  • It can be a particularly unpleasant problem for the sewage-rich mix in combined sewers, and may lead to public health concerns, but for local residents served by either drainage system, the outcome is seldom a comfortable one. (sustainablebuild.co.uk)
  • One of the first attributes to be quantified was the hierarchy of stream segments according to an ordering classification system ( Figure 10ab-1 ). (physicalgeography.net)
  • In this system, channel segments were ordered numerically from a stream's headwaters to a point somewhere down stream. (physicalgeography.net)
  • Streams erode dirt and rocks, transport the sediment, and redeposit it in new locations, shaping the earth's surface into a system of stream valleys. (lumenlearning.com)
  • The drainage pattern depends on the rock types and geologic structures underlying the stream system. (lumenlearning.com)
  • As stream valleys develop in the joint system a rectangular drainage pattern develops, as shown in figure 3. (lumenlearning.com)
  • The slightly acidic rains ate through the limestone and dolomite formations, creating a vast underground drainage system. (jhbhiking.org.za)
  • A properly designed subsurface drainage system should remove excess moisture from the soil profile, providing suitable growing conditions for crop production. (ontario.ca)
  • From June 1999-February 2002, we surveyed the Apalachicola Ravines to determine distributional limits and stream-by-stream occurrence of C. pyronotus and evaluate its conservation status in relation to the regional system of protected lands. (eaglehill.us)
  • Streams sculpt and shape the earth's surface by eroding, transporting, and depositing sediment. (lumenlearning.com)
  • By eroding sediment from uplifted areas and creating landforms made of deposited sediment in lower areas, streams shape the earth's surface more than glaciers do, more than waves on a beach do, and far more than wind does. (lumenlearning.com)
  • Because streams erode more and remove more sediment where the stream gradient is higher, and deposit more sediment where the stream gradient is lower, a stream will develop a graded profile as shown. (lumenlearning.com)
  • Having cut down through the horizontal beds, the stream retains its course and pattern as it proceeds to erode the underlying rocks despite their different character. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sometimes, cutting down trees and moving earth along a stream is necessary to ensure adequate drainage for crops or prevent destructive flooding. (prrcd.org)
  • Like the residents of the American plains affected by the Dust Bowl in 1930s, the people of Thar desert region rely on their crops and livestock for their livelihood. (riazhaq.com)
  • Two 2nd order streams formed a 3rd order stream, and so on. (physicalgeography.net)
  • The Mississippi River is a tenth order stream, one of the highest order streams on earth. (lumenlearning.com)
  • When flooding occurs, higher order streams take longer to build up to flood stage than lower order streams and longer for the flood to subside. (lumenlearning.com)
  • Trees can impede drainage when they fall into the channel or when they grow too close to the normal waterline, so some need to be removed, but most are not causing problems and seem to be stabilizing the bank. (prrcd.org)
  • Landowners were oblivious to what was going on until the report was done and a $3.6 million improvement was recommended, which would remove all trees within a 300-foot work area, level the spoil banks, and dredge the stream. (prrcd.org)
  • Trees grown on agricultural land can be both profitable and useful, whether in fruit and nut orchards, plantations and woodlots, as windbreaks, fence rows, stream buffers, shelter for pastures and farm buildings, or reforested land. (ontario.ca)
  • When planting trees on farms with subsurface drainage systems, remember that tree roots can plug drain pipes (Figures 1 and 2). (ontario.ca)
  • Diverting it to some form of beneficial use, such as irrigation or for wildlife ponds. (sustainablebuild.co.uk)
  • The steep cliffs make up the Imnaha drainage and create breathtaking, year-round wildlife viewing. (fayranches.com)
  • For instance, the bulk of the evidence so far suggests incision and drainage may be adequate for the treatment of simple abscesses or boils. (cdc.gov)
  • However, as the uplift occurs, the stream erodes through the rising ridge to form a steep-walled gorge. (wikipedia.org)
  • Roots have easy access to drain pipes if the soil over them has been back-filled and loosened by drainage installation equipment (Figure 3). (ontario.ca)
  • Roots can plug drainage pipes that are perforated (plastic), have gaps (clay) or are damaged by cracks. (ontario.ca)
  • It appears that acid mine drainage prohibits the growth of bacteria known for breaking down organic material," said Maltman. (sru.edu)
  • The ferrous sulfate can further react to form ferric hydroxide, or yellowboy, a yellow-orange iron precipitate found in streams and rivers polluted by acid mine drainage. (photius.com)
  • Also called acid precipitation or acid deposition, acid rain is precipitation containing harmful amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids formed primarily by sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. (photius.com)
  • They had never witnessed their son's urine stream as he was still in diapers. (annals.edu.sg)
  • Six months later, the child was continent and had a single, straight urine stream from the penile meatus (Fig. 3). (annals.edu.sg)
  • The blockage increases the pressure in the bladder and can cause difficulty urinating and a weak urine stream. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A stream drainage area is also called a watershed. (lumenlearning.com)
  • Streams will radiate in all directions from the center of a broad, high-elevation area, such as a composite cone. (lumenlearning.com)
  • We documented C. pyronotus from only 12 of 29 stream drainages surveyed, all within the middle region of the survey area, for a total range estimate of about 80 km2. (eaglehill.us)
  • The lithified sediments formed strata that became the bedrock beneath the Pittsburgh area. (carnegiemnh.org)
  • It has a length of 91.73 Km and drainage area of 802.90 Km. (indianetzone.com)
  • Sometimes, it is necessary to reconnect a stream with its floodplain after centuries of hydrologic alteration, erosion and siltation . (prrcd.org)
  • Where the slopes are steepest and the hills the highest, the streams will be the most energetic and the rate of erosion will be fastest. (lumenlearning.com)
  • The two processes involved in forming volcanic or lava plateaus are the upwelling of volcanic magma and lava extrusion. (worldatlas.com)
  • Intentionally designed to be a flexible drainage approach, dependent on local need and the lie of the land, SuDS schemes can include a wide range of elements, from straight-forward soak-aways, to large scale ponds or lakes, and make a significant contribution to both site amenity and biodiversity. (sustainablebuild.co.uk)
  • Lakes and streams provide opportunities for a variety of recreational activities. (indiantrail.org)
  • creating artificial watercourses, culverts and mini streams in the landscape, for example. (sustainablebuild.co.uk)
  • In 2020, a group of landowners successfully petitioned to reclaim trusteeship of their drainage district from the Clay County Board of Supervisors in order to block what they see as a "huge, costly, and environmentally destructive improvement on Pickerel Run . (prrcd.org)
  • After the successful privatization of our district, the "drainage industry" successfully lobbied for an amendment to Iowa Code 468 making it more difficult for other districts to follow suit. (prrcd.org)
  • In Sochi, such drainage systems have been used successfully for more than half a century, and their absence could lead to major floods. (pravda.ru)
  • The forest sits in the heart of the Loess Hills, a unique geological ridge formed over time by wind-blown soil, known for its unusual terrain and scenic natural areas. (iowadnr.gov)
  • At first glance, this drainage pipe appears to be plugged by soil. (ontario.ca)
  • The ranch is in the Imnaha River drainage, with the Imnaha River bordering the ranch and another four smaller creeks that flow through the ranch. (fayranches.com)
  • By tagging and measuring individual plants throughout the year, D. H. Wilken (1972) demonstrated that B. salicifolia has distinct seasonal forms. (swbiodiversity.org)
  • Closer investigations of the processes responsible for drainage density variation have discovered that a number of factors collectively influence stream density. (physicalgeography.net)
  • Over longer intervals of time the same processes we've imagined on the construction site have built systems of streams and stream valleys on the surface of the earth. (lumenlearning.com)
  • The general low diversity of fish species at most collection sites indicates that the environment in these small streams is quite unstable. (unl.edu)
  • A small brook in a meadow and the Amazon River are both streams. (lumenlearning.com)
  • This means that it's now possible to follow small stream channels from anywhere in the country all the way to the Baltic Sea. (skogsstyrelsen.se)
  • There is still some room for improvement but this new map will be a powerful tool in managing small streams in the Baltic region. (skogsstyrelsen.se)
  • The Imnaha is a small, wild stream that holds wild and hatchery steelhead. (fayranches.com)
  • Dams block the rivers' flow and form quickly silted-up ponds. (bankwatch.org)
  • Once mighty rivers and mountain streams are turned into lifeless drainage channels. (bankwatch.org)
  • It readily reproduces from stem cuttings along stream channels, and tends to form streamside thickets. (swbiodiversity.org)
  • The project has developed and tested a new map of Swedish stream channels. (skogsstyrelsen.se)
  • The new map over Swedish stream channels is much more accurate than anything current and forms an integrated drainage network. (skogsstyrelsen.se)
  • In conclusion, the present study suggests that management of southern Appalachian brook trout should include: (1) genetically cognizant planning of stocking events, (2) management of populations on a stream-by-stream basis, (3) prioritized conservation of pure southern brook trout populations, and (4) use of southern Appalachian hatchery stocks in restoration efforts. (intechopen.com)
  • While most Pennsylvanians witness leaves changing colors this time of year, from rich greens to yellows, oranges and reds, another color change has been occurring in local streams during a much longer period of time. (sru.edu)
  • It should be noted that many blame the Sochi authorities for the tragedy, because local residents and homeless people steal manhole covers and drainage grids and sell them as scrap metal. (pravda.ru)
  • Faculty and students from SRU's Biology Department are studying how AMD affects the microbial communities of afflicted streams and how that affects the habitat, such as the breakdown of organic matter that includes fallen leaves. (sru.edu)
  • In more severe forms, the blockage affects the developing fetus. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Rejoicing in the wonderfully appropriate acronym of 'SuDS', Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems provide a means of mitigating the worst effects of excess surface run, and reducing its high-peak demand for drain and sewer capacity. (sustainablebuild.co.uk)
  • Learn about farm drainage systems. (ontario.ca)
  • Drainage systems are important for crop production. (ontario.ca)
  • Farm drainage systems are a major production investment. (ontario.ca)
  • The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has several available resources that include recommendations on how to install drainage systems without risking plugging them with tree or shrub roots, and how to maintain drainage systems that may be impacted by tree roots. (ontario.ca)
  • Most analytical sampling systems use probes to extract samples from the middle of a process stream for analysis. (chemicalprocessing.com)
  • Within the dolomite, veins of softer limestone wore away faster than their host, and the characteristic elephant skin rocks were formed. (jhbhiking.org.za)
  • As a result, the flat rocky areas are uplifted to form a plateau. (worldatlas.com)
  • Examples of plateaus formed by volcanism include the Columbia Plateau in the northwestern United States , the Deccan Traps of peninsular India , the Canadian Shield or Laurentian Plateau, the Siberian Traps of Russia , etc. (worldatlas.com)
  • Another example of a plateau formed by crustal shortening is the Altiplano Plateau , located between the volcanic Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Oriental, under which the Brazilian shield is being thrust. (worldatlas.com)
  • Pamba, the third longest river in Kerala is formed by several streams originating from Peerumedu plateau in Idukki district. (indianetzone.com)
  • The karst terrains of Kentucky are mostly on limestone and formed over hundreds of thousands of years. (uky.edu)
  • In addition to the mathematical relationships found in stream ordering, various aspects of drainage network forms were also found to be quantifiable. (physicalgeography.net)
  • Plateaus formed by crustal shortening are commonly found where landmasses have collided, as well as within major mountain belts and in places experiencing arid climates , such as North Africa , Tibet , Iran , and Turkey . (worldatlas.com)
  • Also, the canyon is quite unspoilt, with no development in the deepest ten mile section, though houses and farmland are found in the wider parts up and down stream. (americansouthwest.net)
  • The map also follows the inundated channel that is present in the landscape instead of a straight line somewhere nearby the actual stream. (skogsstyrelsen.se)
  • The results described above and the outcomes of other related analyses convinced researchers that these findings suggested that some underlying factor (or factors) was governing the structure of the various stream attributes in a similar predictable way. (physicalgeography.net)
  • Those streams are loaded with metals, which make them appear orange and prevent many organisms from living there. (sru.edu)
  • So what is going wrong, how do you make drainage effective and sustainable - and just how ready are we in Britain to do it? (sustainablebuild.co.uk)
  • However, Iowa's drainage laws (Section 468) make easy for engineering firms to initiate a massive drainage project-a single signature on a petition-and very difficult for the landowners who must ultimately pay for the project to stop it once it gets rolling. (prrcd.org)
  • Realizing that the supervisors were going to stay their course, landowners took advantage of the law and forced a vote to make the trusteeship of the drainage district private. (prrcd.org)