storm-water

基本解釋

Finally cities are finding ways to handle storm-water that needn’t involve holding one’s nose.
希望最終這些城市都不用掩鼻而過(guò)就能找到處理暴雨水的方法。
The city has gone some way towards meeting its green goals. In 2006 it began regulating the way new constructions manage storm-water on its property.
這座城市為了實(shí)現(xiàn)綠化已經(jīng)做出了一些努力，2006年，該市開(kāi)始作出調(diào)整，讓新建筑物根據(jù)其性質(zhì)管理暴雨水。
And New York is not alone. Nearly 800 American cities rely on decrepit systems that collect storm-water run-off, industrial waste and human sewage in the same pipes.
這種現(xiàn)象并不僅僅出現(xiàn)在紐約，在美國(guó)有將近800 個(gè)城市依靠破舊的排水系統(tǒng)，使用同一個(gè)管道來(lái)收集暴雨徑流水，工業(yè)廢水和人用污水。

This cover acts as a giant sponge, absorbing rainfall and reducing polluted storm-water runoff.
FORBES: Magazine Article
The students designed a progressive urban environment that can handle large amounts of storm-water runoff by using green technologies and major roadways as storm-water filtration and transport surfaces.
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