How to Use stormwater in a Sentence

stormwater

noun
  • Two of the dam’s three outlets for stormwater are blocked with silt.
    — Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And then the sewage system can just deal with the sewage and not have to deal with the stormwater.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Making this change would allow area lines to process more stormwater.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The dogs followed Gracie’s scent to a stormwater drainage pipe in the area.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The largest chunk of that deficit by far is for stormwater needs, at nearly $4 billion.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • There are boards — plan commission, stormwater.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • Texas has guidelines as to what makes it in the trash because of stormwater runoff pollutants.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
  • In addition to the new passages, nine stormwater gates will remain open full-time.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 20 July 2023
  • Crews will be installing a stormwater concrete drainage box culvert, a news release said.
    — Joseph Flaherty, arkansasonline.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The area will have benches and two rain gardens designed to collect all of the site’s stormwater run-off.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Instead, the flooding was caused by a clog near the main catch basin that collects the stormwater from the tunnels.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Germs can come from overflowing sewage, polluted stormwater and runoff from land.
    — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
  • For two months, crews worked and were able to install stormwater drainage structures, catch basins, manholes and pipes along the two roads.
    — Erin Yarnall, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
  • That helps with stormwater management.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • As part of the upgrades, the city built a massive underground basin to hold stormwater for treatment.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • Bins should be placed farther from the curb than normal to avoid blocking stormwater, officials said.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The chamber stores stormwater runoff from the front parking lot of the outlets but does not connect to any sewage system.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The enclosure is designed to store stormwater for up to a day and then to release it, slowly, once the pipes clear.
    — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Living fences reduce soil erosion and stormwater runoff, while softening your house more than wood or steel fences.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2025
  • It was tested in a stormwater pond in Ontario, Canada.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
  • Some of the new concrete structures are equipped with bike racks, benches and even rain garden planters that help absorb stormwater runoff.
    — Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The company stacked them atop liners and built a pond to capture stormwater and a treatment plant to cleanse that water.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The five-gallon trees are funded using a small portion of stormwater fees, which are paid by homeowners.
    — Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The pipe carries runoff from the neighborhood’s stormwater system to an outfall at a nearby canyon.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • The project includes building two large reservoirs under the ground to reroute and store millions of gallons of stormwater.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
  • The main longstanding issue is stormwater flooding in certain areas of the city.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The city requires new subdivisions to handle stormwater on-site.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Preliminary plans show three buildings, a power station, and stormwater ponds for the site.
    — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • For starters, Roger Hurlbut said, the tributary is a shallow ditch for stormwater runoff.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Ripple said the severe floods in 2023 remind her of the damage that stormwater can cause.
    — Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 17 May 2026

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