storm drain
noun
: a drain that carries water (such as rainwater) away from a street, parking lot, etc.
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The leak, traced to a storm drain under a nearby condominium complex, released less than 100 gallons of oil into the river, according to Danielle Burney, spokesperson for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The mixture painted everything – a nearby storm drain cover, cars in the yard, the side of the house, all bright pink.
—Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2024
Even with the $1.5 billion France spent building a new storm drain with the capacity of 30 Olympic-size pools to divert wastewater and runoff, so much of the city and region — including thousands of residential pipes upstream — are still set up to flush right into the river.
—John Surico, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2024
Officials stopped the fuel from entering the storm drain and used hazard mat procedures, MSP said.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The mixture painted everything – a nearby storm drain cover, cars in the yard, the side of the house, all bright pink.
—Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2024
Even with the $1.5 billion France spent building a new storm drain with the capacity of 30 Olympic-size pools to divert wastewater and runoff, so much of the city and region — including thousands of residential pipes upstream — are still set up to flush right into the river.
—John Surico, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2024
Officials stopped the fuel from entering the storm drain and used hazard mat procedures, MSP said.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Storm drain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storm%20drain. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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