Collocations withdrainage
These are words often used in combination withdrainage.
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acid mine drainage
Examples of such waters are effluents such as acid mine drainage and river waters.
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adequate drainage
It is an estimate from the plumber of what is needed to put in adequate drainage.
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better drainage
I should like to see a determined drive to get electricity into our more remote rural areas, a better water supply, and better drainage.
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drainage canal
It serves as a drainage canal.
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drainage channel
The plots were oriented perpendicular to the drainage channel so that one half of each plot faced north and the other faced south.
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drainage district
When one comes to the people involved simply by owning houses in a drainage district, the principle ceases to have much meaning.
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drainage hole
Make sure that it has a drainage hole.
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drainage network
Yet the substitution of a public drainage network for the private cesspool was perceived by some as an attack on domestic autonomy.
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drainage pipe
The authority put a new drainage pipe across the road into the 6 in pipe.
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drainage problem
Therefore, this does not seem to be in any sense an arterial drainage problem within the responsibility of the river authority.
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drainage project
This effort was considered to be the largest drainage project of its time.
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drainage system
After some initial success the drainage commissioners found themselves immersed in legal wranglings with landowners and maintenance of the drainage system largely fell into abeyance.
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drainage tunnel
Often thought to be a railway tunnel, it was actually constructed only as a drainage tunnel so that water can be removed from the farmlands.
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excellent drainage
A fairly difficult species to grow successfully in the garden, it requires a moist slightly acidic soil with excellent drainage.
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good drainage
Although the soils are inherently fertile, deep and with good drainage, they have been depleted of nutrients over the years.
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lymphatic drainage
Thus, the lymphatic drainage will have to face a lower resistance, and production of lymph will to be lower, with normal absorption of protein.
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main drainage
A sanitary infrastructure of central water supply and main drainage, it could be argued, was the luxury of communities that were rich.
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natural drainage
As one moves west, however, the natural ground surface decreases in elevation due to natural drainage patterns.
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poor drainage
Excessive use of irrigation water and poor drainage are the primary causes of salinity build up.
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proper drainage
What is wanted also is proper drainage of the land to which the fertiliser is to be applied.
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river drainage
Several river drainage patterns exploit major thrusts and were clearly initiated after deformation.
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storm drainage
Fens were massive, nineteenth-century public projects that addressed public health problems, provided building space and served as a storm drainage system.
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subsurface drainage
At several locations, subsurface drainage of the gullies could be observed.
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surgical drainage
It may resolve spontaneously and cause little if any hemodynamic impairment, or may lead to hemodynamic impairment and eventually require pericardiocentesis or surgical drainage.
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underground drainage
The area has a planned underground drainage system and street lighting.
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urban drainage
More should be done within that plan for sustainable urban drainage.
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venous drainage
In transposition and total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, maintaining ductal patency is not usually of much benefit.
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