stormwater
noun
storm·wa·ter
ˈstȯrm-ˌwȯ-tər 
-ˌwä-
: rainwater produced by a storm
a stormwater management system
As stormwater runs over lawns, streets and other man-made surfaces, it picks up pollutants—phosphorous and nitrogen from fertilizers, bacteria from pet waste and road salt, to name a few—and carries them into local streams and lakes.—
Delen Goldberg
Delen GoldbergThis rainfall "of biblical proportions," as the local newspaper described it, swamped the city in waist-high stormwater.—Christopher Cooper and Robert Block
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Instead of turning seven surrounding acres into a private golf course, for example, a run-of-the-mill, subsurface stormwater tank would have sufficed to meet stipulations that new developments cannot intensify flooding on neighboring properties.
—Denise Hruby
updated July 13, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
Most of Indianapolis' $27 million spring fiscal package will pay to shore up roads and improve stormwater systems.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 8 July 2025
Additionally, more paved surfaces increase runoff and flawed assumptions of stationarity in stormwater engineering amplify floods.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Eastern Wyandotte County neighborhoods, streets, businesses and churches have previously been subjected to heavy stormwater flooding when storms move across the Kansas City metro.
—Sofi Zeman
july 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
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Denise Hruby
updated July 13, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
Most of Indianapolis' $27 million spring fiscal package will pay to shore up roads and improve stormwater systems.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 8 July 2025
Additionally, more paved surfaces increase runoff and flawed assumptions of stationarity in stormwater engineering amplify floods.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Eastern Wyandotte County neighborhoods, streets, businesses and churches have previously been subjected to heavy stormwater flooding when storms move across the Kansas City metro.
—Sofi Zeman
july 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
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“Stormwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stormwater. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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