Definition of outfall
:the outlet of a body of water (such as a river or lake);
especially
:the mouth of a drain or sewer
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To account for the certainty of flooding, Houston has built drainage channels, sewers, outfalls, on- and off-road ditches, and detention ponds to hold or move water away from local areas.
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The majority is dumped into an outfall pipe that stretches from Escondido all the way to the ocean following the Escondido Creek.
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The drifters were used to track the path of micro currents near the site of a break in a sewer outfall pipe.
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The Feb. 9 flood led to an estimated $57 million in damage and dumped 235 million gallons of untreated wastewater, including 30 million gallons of raw sewage, from an emergency outfall near the beach at Seattle’s Discovery Park.
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The ball on a rod is supposed to alert operators with a high-water-level alarm, which can trigger an automatic bypass to the emergency outfall, preventing flooding.
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Changing Channel Pacific Palisades Record rainfall last winter eased drought conditions but also pumped up the volume of runoff into the ocean, including at this outfall between Gladstones restaurant and the Getty Villa on PCH.
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Other people, including representatives of the environmental group Potomac Riverkeeper Network, had questions about where the city was thinking of building its storage tanks or tunnels, particularly for the Oronoco Bay outfall.
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The lower image shows the outfall area of the diversion in the bay.
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