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drainage
noun as in seepage
Example Sentences
To improve reliability further, the team used water's strong surface tension to design drainage holes that let water move downward but not upward.
The spending approved Thursday covers the rebuilt roadways, new bridges and retaining walls, drainage and utility work, landscaping, lighting, and wayfinding systems.
The primary cause of the plants decline has been habitat loss through drainage and abandonment of the fens.
TfL, which manages Euston Road, apologised for the disruption and said they believed the issue had been resolved - but now that it had reoccurred they would "investigate the new drainage system working with Thames Water".
But soil drainage gradually impoverishes the land, posing a threat to local farmers and releasing the CO2 captured by the peatland which are important carbon sinks.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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