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Definition of storm drain in English: storm drainnoun A drain built to carry away excess water in times of heavy rain. Example sentencesExamples - Rainwater soaks back into the soil naturally in a woodlot but runs off a parking lot and must be captured in a storm sewer.
- Two armed bandits who robbed a San Fernando businessman of $21,700 in cash and jewelry used a storm drain as their escape route yesterday.
- Construction workers building houses on the site near Bingley uncovered the hand grenade in a storm drain.
- In this case, run off from the roof drains went into the storm drain and out into Parkside Creek.
- According to a 1995 study, one in 25 people who swam near a storm drain came down with a gastro-intestinal illness.
- As a consequence, less water runs straight to storm sewers over-taxed by heavy rains.
- Rain turned the dirt to mud, clogging a storm drain and allowing water to pool in the road.
- The work will include paved shoulder bike lanes, street lighting and an enclosed storm drain will be constructed on the south side.
- They replaced the water main only to damage the storm sewer.
- The roadworks were needed because a short section of the reconstructed carriageway had subsided near a storm drain.
- Together they laid French drains - gravel and perforated pipe - and hooked them into the storm sewer.
- Whereas rainwater falling on a regular roof quickly flows off the roof and into a storm sewer, much of the rain falling on a green roof is absorbed by its plants and soil to later evaporate or transpire back into the air as water vapor.
- Does the Department of Streets and Sanitation handle a litter-clogged storm drain or is it the Department of Water Management?
- Work started on a storm drain along Dongtan Beach months and months ago.
- Rainwater slowly seeps into the soil, replenishing the groundwater supply, instead of disappearing down the nearest storm drain.
- A restaurant dumps its waste grease down a storm drain.
- There's a huge storm drain near where I live, and when I was a kid we'd go off adventuring in it.
- A further problem is that the main storm drain, which enters the Barrow at the bridge, is sometimes contaminated with raw sewage.
- The duckling, christened Lucky, was waddling down Cyprus Road behind its mother with its nine brothers and sisters when it toppled over and fell into a storm drain.
- The town will also extend the storm sewer on the street.
Definition of storm drain in US English: storm drainnounˈstôrm ˌdrān A drain built to carry away excess water in times of heavy rain. Also called storm sewer Example sentencesExamples - In this case, run off from the roof drains went into the storm drain and out into Parkside Creek.
- Construction workers building houses on the site near Bingley uncovered the hand grenade in a storm drain.
- Whereas rainwater falling on a regular roof quickly flows off the roof and into a storm sewer, much of the rain falling on a green roof is absorbed by its plants and soil to later evaporate or transpire back into the air as water vapor.
- Work started on a storm drain along Dongtan Beach months and months ago.
- They replaced the water main only to damage the storm sewer.
- Rainwater slowly seeps into the soil, replenishing the groundwater supply, instead of disappearing down the nearest storm drain.
- The town will also extend the storm sewer on the street.
- As a consequence, less water runs straight to storm sewers over-taxed by heavy rains.
- The work will include paved shoulder bike lanes, street lighting and an enclosed storm drain will be constructed on the south side.
- The roadworks were needed because a short section of the reconstructed carriageway had subsided near a storm drain.
- The duckling, christened Lucky, was waddling down Cyprus Road behind its mother with its nine brothers and sisters when it toppled over and fell into a storm drain.
- A restaurant dumps its waste grease down a storm drain.
- Two armed bandits who robbed a San Fernando businessman of $21,700 in cash and jewelry used a storm drain as their escape route yesterday.
- There's a huge storm drain near where I live, and when I was a kid we'd go off adventuring in it.
- Rain turned the dirt to mud, clogging a storm drain and allowing water to pool in the road.
- Rainwater soaks back into the soil naturally in a woodlot but runs off a parking lot and must be captured in a storm sewer.
- Together they laid French drains - gravel and perforated pipe - and hooked them into the storm sewer.
- According to a 1995 study, one in 25 people who swam near a storm drain came down with a gastro-intestinal illness.
- Does the Department of Streets and Sanitation handle a litter-clogged storm drain or is it the Department of Water Management?
- A further problem is that the main storm drain, which enters the Barrow at the bridge, is sometimes contaminated with raw sewage.
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