pitfalls
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It did say that it was looking at "possible benefits of using permits for some of the most polluting outfalls".
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2024
Boeing would have to test for the contaminants in waterway outfalls for at least 12 storm events to ensure levels of pollutants would not violate federal water quality standards or background levels.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2022
That’s because stormwater that would normally course down a watershed to ocean outfalls becomes trapped in low-lying communities, creating stagnant backwaters that breed disease while also damaging homes, roadways and other infrastructure.
From Scientific American • Sep. 4, 2018
Kent County — the middle of Delaware’s three counties, and where we were camping — used to have four city sewage plants and an equal number of cannery and factory outfalls.
From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2018
Stone or concrete outfalls are costly, and often give way, undermined by the floods.
From The Naturalist on the Thames by Cornish, C. J. (Charles John)
