stormwater

noun

storm·wa·ter ˈstȯrm-ˌwȯ-tər

-ˌwä-

: rainwater produced by a storm

a stormwater management system

As stormwater runs over lawns, streets and other man-made surfaces, it picks up pollutants—phosphorous and nitrogen from fertilizers, bacteria from pet waste and road salt, to name a few—and carries them into local streams and lakes.—

Delen Goldberg

This rainfall "of biblical proportions," as the local newspaper described it, swamped the city in waist-high stormwater.—

Christopher Cooper and Robert Block

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The stormwaters overflowed the Magro and Turia river basins and the Poyo riverbed, the AP reports, leading to the riverbanks overflowing. —

Marina Watts, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024 The compost site closes every year from October through March for the rainy months to comply with state stormwater requirements. —

Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024 Much of Ennead Architects’ priorities revolve around increasing biodiversity, absorbing and filtering stormwater, and sucking out carbon from the air and storing it. —

Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024 Think about that awful binary as the climate continues to change, while stormwater rises and fires burn. —

Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stormwater