Gutters are designed to prevent runoff water from dripping into the ground, down the foundation, and into the basement.
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Salt marshes sequester nitrogen, filtering runoff water and reducing nitrogen input to estuaries ( Valiela and Cole 2002 ).
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The resulting surface runoff water carrying pollutants may be considered a line source discharging into a river or stream.
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As the rain and snow fell, the resulting runoff water dissolved fluoride which made its way into the water supply.
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The state ordered temporary closing of oyster beds off the southeastern coast because of possible contaminants in the runoff water.
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Witt said he was drinking bottled water, using runoff water to flush a commode, and showering at nearby truck stops.
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During rainy seasons, desert washes grow wider and deeper as fast-moving runoff water gobbles up chunks of ground along unreinforced banks.
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These tanks are filled either by a pump, windpump, creek, spring, or even rely on runoff water from rain or melting snow.
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Even the runoff water from fighting such fires can be filled with hazardous chemicals, said Bob McCarthy, a researcher at the agency.
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These 15-year, no-interest bonds would allow communities to buy green space, protect wetlands, clean up industrial land or minimize polluted runoff water.
