storm-water

基本解释

Finally cities are finding ways to handle storm-water that needn’t involve holding one’s nose.
希望最终这些城市都不用掩鼻而过就能找到处理暴雨水的方法。
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.
这座城市为了实现绿化已经做出了一些努力，2006年，该市开始作出调整，让新建筑物根据其性质管理暴雨水。
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.
这种现象并不仅仅出现在纽约，在美国有将近800 个城市依靠破旧的排水系统，使用同一个管道来收集暴雨径流水，工业废水和人用污水。

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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