Definition of rainwater
: water fallen as rain that has not collected soluble matter from the soil and is therefore soft
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This means the space was only exposed when rainwater washed the ash away.
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In their place, the city will build a water-retention basin to treat the rainwater and up to 10 units of market-rate and affordable housing.
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Coke supports several such water-conservation projects and focuses on replenishing by providing access to clean water, conserving and restoring watersheds, harvesting rainwater and providing water for irrigation.
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Carbon dioxide dissolved in rainwater is turned into bicarbonate, which trickles away in groundwater or rivers and eventually reaches the ocean.
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Once the lava hardened, rainwater dissolved carbon dioxide that the volcanoes had pumped into the atmosphere, washing it back into the ground.
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Deer mostly use the trough, whereas pronghorn tend to drink rainwater and eat food with moisture.
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In Alabama, all utilities so far plan to dewater their ash ponds and close them in place, adding a top liner, dirt and plant cover to prevent rainwater from reaching the ash, but leaving it in place.
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Ceilings were built with wood recycled from a local school, and a rainwater and snow harvesting system stores runoff from the roofs in 7,500 gallons of in-ground cisterns.
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First Known Use of rainwater
before 12th century
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: water from rain
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