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Storm drain

A storm drain, storm sewer (United Kingdom, U.S. and Canada), highway drain, surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces such as paved streets, car parks, parking lots, footpaths, sidewalks, and roofs. Storm drains…

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Regulations and local building codes

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Storm drain

Nodes143
Edges142
Triples115
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013986
Components1

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Storm drain

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related to Gallery · 24
Storm drain → AustraliaInside, AustriaStorm, CanadaStorm, CulvertOld, Czech RepublicUrtica, Derby, Durham, Flow, Guasave, Kutná Hora, Markeaton, Markeaton Interceptor Storm Relief, MexicoThe, Mississauga, North Carolina114, Obertraun, Ontario, Pipe, River Brent, Sydney
related to history · 12
Storm drain → Archaeological, At Cretan Knossos, BC, Birsay, Brough, For, Gurness, Mainland Orkney, Minoan Crete, Other, Phaistos, Scotland
related to Regulations and local building codes · 10
Storm drain → Building, Clean Water Act, EPA, For, In, New, State, The, The Environmental Protection Agency, United States
related to Inlet · 9
Storm drain → Grate, Grates, However, Many, Side, Storm, There, They, UK
related to Relationship to sanitary sewer systems · 8
Storm drain → In, In Cleveland, Many, Ohio, Storm, The, Trout Unlimited Canada, US
related to Residence · 8
Storm drain → American, An, At, In, Las Vegas, Light, San Diego, Shine
related to Water quantity · 7
Storm drain → Clogged, Communities, Snow, Storm, Unlike, Urban, When
related to Combined sewers · 6
Storm drain → Cities, CSS, In, Storm, The, This
related to External links · 6
Storm drain → Clean Water, Combined Sewer Overflows Archived, EPA, Great Lakes Green Initiative, Stenciling Took Kit7 Steps, Wayback MachineEPA Storm Drain
related to Exploration · 4
Storm drain → An, Cave Clan, Societies, This

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storm water drains sewer drainage systems runoff drain stormwater sewers large many public may flow rain combined system heavy areas

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paved streetsinstance ofis infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces0.80text
car parksinstance ofis infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces0.80text
parking lotsinstance ofis infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces0.80text
footpathsinstance ofis infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces0.80text
sidewalksinstance ofis infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces0.80text
and roofsinstance ofis infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces0.80text
hydrogen sulfideinstance ofthe catch basin does not necessarily prevent sewer gases0.80text
methane from escapinginstance ofthe catch basin does not necessarily prevent sewer gases0.80text
open drainsinstance ofCurrent practicesSimple infrastructure0.80text
pipesinstance ofCurrent practicesSimple infrastructure0.80text
and berms are still commoninstance ofCurrent practicesSimple infrastructure0.80text
the Cave Clan regularly explore the drains underneath citiesinstance ofSocieties0.80text

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