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drainage

noun as in seepage

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To improve reliability further, the team used water's strong surface tension to design drainage holes that let water move downward but not upward.

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The spending approved Thursday covers the rebuilt roadways, new bridges and retaining walls, drainage and utility work, landscaping, lighting, and wayfinding systems.

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The primary cause of the plants decline has been habitat loss through drainage and abandonment of the fens.

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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".

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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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