Sewerage and Drainage

The flooding was compounded by drainage problems resulting from limited pumping capacity and poor maintenance of drainage systems.

A portion of the water that enters the groundwater system beneath the drainage basin may flow towards the outlet of another drainage basin because groundwater flow directions do not always match those of their overlying drainage network.

A large part of agricultural land requires drainage.

The first phase, which began in March 2007, included grading and drainage.

They lack moist green spaces and have drainage systems that efficiently remove water.

It is 72.5 km in length and has drainage area of 959 km².

Heavy ions such as iron, zinc, and arsenic leak during acid mine drainage.

e. Existing and potential uses of the waters of the international drainage basin

The transcervical approach, a less invasive procedure, allows for removal of the entire thymus gland through a small neck incision.

Four bridges and innumerable tunnels and drainage canals connect Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas.

The Integrated Rural Development Programme (PDRI) covers land improvement and drainage activities and provides commercial credit.

62 of Croatia's territory is encompassed by the Black Sea drainage basin.

90 of the rivers are part of those two seas' drainage basins.

The flood waters did not recede for months owing to drainage problems.

File EN Bazinul hidrografic al Raului Latorita, Romania.jpg_right_thumb_Animation of Latoriţa River drainage basin, Romania.

Approximately 2.4 billion people live in the drainage basin of the Himalayan rivers.

To examine the brain, an incision is made from behind one ear, over the crown of the head, to a point behind the other ear.

Its drainage basin is roughly the size of France and extends into seven U.S. states and a Canadian province.

(1) Training of Designers of Irrigation and Drainage Systems for Protecting the Drought and Flood Damages in Developing Countries

c. The population dependent on the waters of the international drainage basin in each basin State

The surgical approaches to the removal of the thymus gland include transsternal (through the sternum, transcervical (through a small neck incision), and transthoracic (through one or both sides of the chest).

Sanitation facilities provided included improving water wells and drainage, providing chlorine and disinfectants, constructing latrines and sanitary baths, collecting garbage and spraying insecticide.

Some of the main projects in the more desertic areas include the treatment of salty and brackish water, drainage and irrigation and increased well drilling.

The Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, about , and accounts for approximately one fifth of the world's total river flow.

f. Conservation, protection, development, and economy of use of the water resources of the international drainage basin and the costs of measures taken to achieve these purposes

It is the second largest lake in the Congo's drainage basin and is located 150 km west of the southern end of the largest, Lake Tanganyika.

According to the campaign's page, about half of the babies born in Puerto Rico are products of caesarean procedures where the baby is delivered through an incision made in the mothers abdomen and womb instead of a vaginal delivery.

The area solely within Czech borders is slightly smaller and this is the figure given in the following table, which shows Czech territory divided after drainage basins.

They are suitable for mechanical building services collection and pumping of liquids like surface water, wastewater or sewage from areas where drainage by gravity is not possible.

In terms of environmental quality, agriculture, and hydrology, understanding the terrain of an area enables the understanding of watershed boundaries, drainage characteristics, water movement, and impacts on water quality.

One small area on the eastern edge of Uganda is drained by the Turkwel River, part of the internal drainage basin of Lake Turkana.

The first settlements in this area began with the construction works for the lake's drainage ordered by Emperor Claudius in the first century A.D.

d. The effects of the use or uses of the waters of the international drainage basin in one basin State upon other basin States

During heavy rains in February 2005, Israeli soldiers refused to open drainage pipes in Qalqiliya, causing severe flood damage to homes, greenhouses and crops in several nearby villages.

Basin States shall cooperate in good faith in the management of waters of an international drainage basin for the mutual benefit of the participating States.

Other problems include degradation of irrigation and drainage infrastructure, the shortage of subsidies for the use of water and electricity, poorer skills of specialists, and the weakening of land and water resource institutions.

Ailanthus has been used to re vegetate areas where acid mine drainage has occurred and it has been shown to tolerate pH levels as low as 4.1 (approximately that of tomato juice).

Cleaning of Matola Township's Promotion drainage ditch, by a group of 150 people mostly women who receive food for work through the World Food Program (City of Matola).

The modalities for cooperation include capacity building and assessments in areas such as agriculture, drinking water, training in HIV AIDS prevention and medical attention, diplomatic training, drainage engineering and the production and quality control of seeds.

The era of the big surgeon, big incision had arrived, but at quite a cost, because they are saving lives, but not necessarily quality of life, because healthy people don't usually need surgery, and unhealthy people have a very hard time recovering from a cut like that.

Between 1994 and 2002, the proportion of homes with improved sanitation services, defined as a lavatory bowl connected to a drainage system, a lavatory connected to a septic tank, or a flush toilet.

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Extensive areas of the Caribbean interior are permanently flooded, more because of poor drainage than because of the moderately heavy precipitation during the rainy season from May through October.

Tents flood when it rains and are stiflingly hot on warm days toilets, of the portable variety, are extremely unsanitary drainage systems are inadequate, with puddles of standing water providing a breeding ground for insects.