storm sewers
Underground rainwater channels
Storm sewers are underground drainage systems designed to carry rainwater and surface runoff away from streets and buildings.
Unlike sanitary sewers that handle household waste, storm sewers typically discharge directly into nearby waterways without treatment: The city's storm sewers empty into the river.
Also called storm drains.
- inletsCoastal water passages
- gratesAnnoys or shreds
- drain grateSlotted cover over drainage
- manholesStreet-level underground entries
- channelsPaths for transmission
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- sewage systemswastewater, septic tank, treatment plants, pumping station, pumping stations
- seweragewastewater, drainage systems, effluent, manhole cover, wastewater plants
- stormwaterstormwater, surface runoff, urban runoff, gutters, catch basins
- hydraulicshydraulic cylinder, hydraulic fluid, hydraulic press, pump, laminar flow
storm sewersretention ponds
Constructed basins storing runoff
rain gardens · cisterns · infiltration basins · rain barrels
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