rainwater

Example Sentences

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Water to fight fires from a pool or from rainwater stored in tanks or a cistern.

From Los Angeles Times

Prof Cloke said the government needed to invest in "catchment management" schemes that limit the speed of rainwater entering river systems.

From BBC

They all depend upon clean, unpolluted water channeled from the rainwater running through that territory into the rivers and streams.

From Literature

There are fears that diseases could spread as rainwater has mixed with sewage water.

From BBC

"Here, we just watch the mushrooms grow -- with help from recycled rainwater and machines that speed up production."

From Barron's