Sewerage and Drainage

A class, three classrooms and rainwater collection is 5,000 dollars.

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

He enumerated coping strategies, such as polyculture, rainwater harvesting, migration, and afforestation.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Rainwater collected from the roofs of houses and local institutions can make an important contribution to the availability of drinking water.

Rainwater harvesting is also widely employed as a relatively low cost option, both for household use and for small scale irrigation.

Another important point of these sand banks is that when it rains, the rainwater soaks down into the soil. So, it's gone.

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

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

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

It had taken years of careful planning and infrastructural works to alleviate the flood situation and channel as much rainwater as possible into reservoirs.

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

Some Parties considered the following measures establishment of seed banks and identifying least cost measures, such as switching crops and or cultivars, soil improvement, and rainwater management.

Specific support will focus on community management of local water resources, including rainwater harvesting (for use by households and schools, and groundwater recharge), micro watershed management and operational research.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Water scarcity could be addressed through modern water conservation techniques in agriculture (such as drip irrigation, on farm water management, lining of watercourses and canals, etc.) and through more traditional techniques (such as rainwater harvesting).

Living standards could be improved significantly and rapidly through low cost targeted investments in malaria control, school feeding programs, rainwater harvesting for drinking water, mobile health clinics, and boreholes for livestock and irrigation in appropriate locations.

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.

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

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).

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.

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.

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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.