Drainway definition

Drainway means any depression 2 feet or more below the surrounding land serving to give direction to a current of water less than 9 months of the year and having a bed and well-defined banks.
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Drainway means any depression below the surrounding land serving to give direction to a regular current of water and having a bed and well defined banks.
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Drainway means a natural or artificial land depression, with or without perceptible bed and banks, to which surface runoff gravitates to form a continuous or intermittent flow of water in a definite direction.
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Examples of Drainway in a sentence

  • This project will begin on the State Street Trail 0.25 mile west of US Highway 281, extend north within City right-of-way along the west side of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Creek Drainway, and end at the west end of the concrete trail that was recently completed along Capital Avenue under project STPAA-5436 for the Eagle Scout Trail.

  • It is agreed that such positions shall not require posting until after the Board has formally recognized same.

Related to Drainway

  • drain means (subject to Section 219(2) of the 1991 Act) a drain used for the drainage of one building or any buildings or yards appurtenant to buildings within the same curtilage;

  • Drainage means the removal of surface water or groundwater

  • Sewage means a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.

  • Irrigation means application of water to land areas to supply the water needs of

  • Tunnelling means the construction of any tunnel beneath the natural surface of the earth for a purpose other than the searching for or winning of a mineral