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6 May 2015, 8:01 am
The 9-millionth patent protects a system that collects and treats rainwater for replenishing a vehicle’s windshield wiper fluid. [read post]
11 Jun 2020, 8:45 pm
Wired – Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain – Researchers find that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic fall on 11 protected areas in the US annually, equivalent to over 120 million plastic water bottles: “Writing today in the journal Science, researchers report a startling discovery: After collecting rainwater and air samples for 14 months, they calculated that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic particles fall into 11 protected areas in the western US each year. [read post]
21 Aug 2018, 12:02 am
A collection funnel is positioned on a vehicle in order to collect rainwater and other moisture. [read post]
4 May 2013, 6:00 am
These days, that kind of thing would get you fired and publicly denounced in a front-page apology from the the Ombudsman ("diligent inquiry has failed to uncover a Charlie Rainwater nor indeed any other Rainwater of any race or ethnic provenance, nor even so much as a slice of homemade beef jerky.") [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 6:31 am
On July 12, 2004, following an unexpected torrential storm, several inches of rainwater accumulated on the rooftop, overflowed and cascaded down the internal staircase at 365 West 50th Street, a five story walk-up tenement in Manhattan: That's where one of the tenants, Joanne Higgins, slipped and fell down the stairs, hitting her head on concrete steps along the way, sustaining significant brain injuries. [read post]
22 Jun 2007, 8:10 am
A few years ago, Harris County was the laughingstock of the criminal justice world, sinking further into a police crime lab scandal fraught with revelations of fabricated evidence, rape kits marinating in rainwater from a leaky roof, DNA evidence strewn about like your kid's old science fair exhibit. [read post]
2 Sep 2016, 12:39 pm
Aug. 4, 2016), a condominium association sued its general contractor for rainwater damage to the condominium complex, after the project was completed, which was allegedly the result of defective work performed by subcontractors. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 7:01 am
Rainwater accumulation from Tropical Storm Frances caused partial collapse of the floating roof on a large tank storing liquid naphtha. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 7:33 am
The roads were slick with rainwater at the time. [read post]
10 Nov 2016, 6:11 am
The "eavesdrop" is the place on the ground where rainwater drops from the eaves of the roof, so "eavesdropper" became the word for the person who stands there, that close to the house — too close for a decent person to stand and hear what is said inside.I learned that over at Wikipedia, where the concept of eavesdropping is illustrated by this hilarious 1895 painting "Cardinals eavesdropping in the Vatican," by Henri Adolphe Laissement: [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 6:26 pm
Here we are stopped at the corner of North Charter and University Avenue, with the rainwater flowing up over the curb in a wave onto the sidewalk:Look at that drain. [read post]
7 Jun 2014, 4:30 am
State Farm Fire & Casualty Company,1 rainwater collected in a cast iron drain pipe connected to a mall’s roof drain line. [read post]
30 Jan 2023, 7:58 am
Rainwater There’s an important distinction between stormwater and rainwater. [read post]
26 Jul 2021, 2:37 pm
“The positive test for Listeria monocytogenes was from a routine facility test of rainwater holding tanks in the greenhouse facility as well as testing from a customer who received contaminated Basil product,” according to the company’s recall notice posted by the Food and Drug Administration. [read post]
28 Jun 2015, 9:53 am
Eaton, 1952 Governments from Maryland to Colorado now regularly take the position that collecting precipitation is not legal, as a diversion of rainwater before it enters a water course. [read post]
10 Oct 2009, 9:30 am
HUD may require that recipients certify that they used tainted drywall, and the protocols for determining that have not been worked out, Rainwater said. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 9:30 am
HUD may require that recipients certify that they used tainted drywall, and the protocols for determining that have not been worked out, Rainwater said. [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 5:41 am
We think the number is in the thousands," Rainwater said. [read post]
17 Feb 2020, 9:03 pm
While risk is strongly associated with eating undercooked poultry, other risk factors include rainwater-sourced drinking water, contact with animals and consumption of raw dairy products such as unpasteurized milk. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 8:33 pm
Rainwater tanks for homes are another. [read post]
