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A culvert may also be a bridge-like structure designed to allow vehicle or pedestrian traffic to cross over the waterway while allowing adequate passage for the water. Dry culverts are used to channel a fire hose beneath a noise barrier for the ease of firefighting along a highway without the need or danger of placing hydrants along the roadway ...
Flow devices are either specially designed pipes installed through beaver dams, or pipe and/or fence systems that protect road culverts from being blocked. The beneficial effects of beavers on stream flow, riparian habitat, salmon and trout, and wetland creation can be sustained with application of these inexpensive technologies, which require ...
Culverted fills may be converted to impoundments if the culverts become blocked by debris, and flow may be diverted along streets. Several studies have looked into the flow patterns and redistribution in streets during storm events and the implication on flood modelling.
In each case inadequate drainage along and under roadways, caused in part by clogged culverts, helped aggravate flooding that caused sections ... Outdated culverts are making road washouts from ...
Debris from streams and ditches are cleared to avoid any repeat of flooding which hit 130 homes.
A drain cleaner, also known as drain opener, refers to a person, device, or product used to unblock sewer pipes or clear clogged wastewater drains.This term typically applies to chemical, enzymatic, or mechanical tools such as commercial chemical cleaners, plumber’s snakes, drain augers, bio-enzyme solutions, or toilet plungers.
A local authority has called for regulation to solve a dispute involving a heritage railway.
Culverts and watercourses did not have the capacity to handle the volume of rainwater, and slips and mudflows brought debris into stormwater drains which blocked them and further reduced capacity. [ 1 ] : 24 Hundreds of slips occurred over an area stretching from Haywards through to Belmont , Newlands , Ngaio , Wilton , Karori and MÄkara ...