Denuded hillsides are unable to absorb rain, and the water washes soil into the river and its tributaries, raising water levels and silting up channels.
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Storm water washes from street drains directly to the river and its tributaries : in the 1970s, the Econlockhatchee River received of treated wastewater every day.
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Peeling under running water washes out the flavor and results in a limp, dull colored pepper with little of the sweetness you worked so hard for.
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This could be the fourth year in a row that high water washes out the sparrow nests, and scientists say it probably would doom the species.
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But the canyons are short, leaving you at their source with a downward view of more odd landscape and wondering where all the water washes down from.
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In Phase 2 of the test, VX gas was sprayed onto a barge to examine the ship's water wash-down system and other decontamination measures, according to the documents.
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Rain water washes over this strip, taking a bit of the zinc with it and distributes it on the shingles, deterring and / or stopping the mildew and algae.
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She scrubbed and rubbed my travel-weary body with a creamy, grainy papaya mixture for a half-hour, then stood me up and hosed me down with a hot water wash.
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The woman was strolling through the parking lot in the rain, her face upturned to the sky, beaming from ear to ear as she let the water wash over her.
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The Royal Academy of Engineering will recommend that sea-going ferries be modified so that they will stay upright for half an hour if water washes on board, a spokesman said Tuesday.
