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How to pronounce outfall in English?

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Type Words
Type of exit, issue, outlet, way out

Examples of outfall

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Engineers are in the permitting process for a River Oaks outfall into the creek.
From the news-journalonline.com
The smaller leak discharges into the creek near the permitted outfall, Menne said.
From the stltoday.com
This project will also include a storm sewer outfall along Whippoorwill Lane.
From the stltoday.com
Once the latter was diverted to King's Lynn in 1236, the Nene outfall deteriorated.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The budget for the plant and its ocean outfall pipe was about $239 million.
From the signonsandiego.com
The current outfall pipe is 10 inches in diameter and extends 1,600 feet and into the bay.
From the thenewstribune.com
The stormwater outfall comes from the West Canal Street area and beyond.
From the news-journalonline.com
We specified an outfall 3 kilometres long that would discharge at a depth of 125 metres.
From the newscientist.com
Turning Peacehaven in Brightons outfall pipe is wrong on so many levels.
From the theargus.co.uk
More examples
  • The outlet of a river or drain or other source of water
  • (Outfalls) Pipelines that extend from the shore across the seafloor. They carry lliquid wastes some distance offshore where they are discharged from the submerged end of the pipe.*
  • CSO outfalls are the pipes that spill overflows into the Willamette River or Columbia Slough. Not every pipe that empties into the river or slough is a CSO outfall. Some carry stormwater runoff or cooling water from industries. ...
  • The point, location, or structure where wastewater or drainage discharges from a pipe or open drain to a receiving body of water.
  • Pipe releasing wastewater at a fixed location. Often outfalls are placed away from shorelines in areas where the wastewater will be rapidly diluted. ...
  • A flow of water from one drainage system into a larger system, or into a body of water like a lake, bay, or the ocean.
  • Refers to a pipe that disposes of rainwater or sometimes polluting substances in the natural environment.
  • The exit point, usually a pipe or pipes where flow is discharged from the wastewater system into receiving water and which is engineered to ensure dispersion and dilution of the effluent in the receiving waters.
  • (1) The vent of a RIVER, drain, etc. (2) A structure extending into a body of water for the purpose of discharging sewage, storm runoff or cooling water.