seepage in English

noun
1
the slow escape of a liquid or gas through porous material or small holes.
It consists of mineral salts from the soil or from the concrete itself and is the result of slow moisture seepage through the pavement.

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1. Chemical seepage has caused untold damage.

2. Seepage accumulated in Bilges. Slang. bilge …

3. However, this seepage was slight and not a problem.

4. Seepage accumulated in Bilges. Slang. Bilge …

5. Eliminate seepage from cisterns, cesspools, and septic tanks.

6. This will prevent water seepage into the building.

7. Seepage flow can be observed in stalactite caves.

8. Water gradually escapes by seepage through the ground.

9. Oil spills and seepage from refineries are common.

10. The original plans did not sufficiently address the inevitable seepage and runoff.

11. InContinence should be distinguished from soiling, perianal excoriation and seepage.

12. Height-adjustable floor drain with coupling ring provided with channel for seepage water

13. The higher temperature distribution accords with the seepage scope of spontaneous combustion gases.

14. Astragals Seal doors from drafts, light seepage and can add extra security

15. There was some oil seepage from the valves in the car's engine.

16. Just noticed some seepage on passenger side near radiator, from hose between the Crimpings

17. Then effective methods of enhancing seepage of oil shale are discussed in different depth.

18. Uneven thaw depths then cause alternating seepage and re-emergence of water down a slope.

19. Seepage beyond the crediting period is not accounted for under the present modalities and procedures

20. Seepage into the local reservoir is already killing fish on which local livelihoods depend.

21. A layer of plastic provides the only protection from seepage into the soil and underground water.

22. Chemical seepage is starting to affect drinking water, 70 percent of which comes from underground sources.

23. In the beginning, it lost about 15 billion cubic metres of water by seepage each year.

24. Another, the seepage field can also make influence to stress field throw changing the water load.

25. The impermeable wall which is rational designed will improve the seepage state of levee projects effectively.

26. Scientists are now exploring ways of limiting this, including reactivating disused sewage seepage fields in the area.

27. The results indicated that the simulated seepage velocity and parameters associated with GA-VS2DH were acceptable and reliable.

28. Due to Advection, nonreactive solutes are transported at an average rate equal to the seepage velocity of the fluid

29. Seepage is found at downstream dam surface and inside corridor after RCC dam impoundment at a power station.

30. 26 Scientists are now exploring ways of limiting this, including reactivating disused sewage seepage fields in the area.

31. Also Bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects

32. If you have regular seepage or water puddling after storms (even once every few years), you have to fix it permanently before finishing.

33. Eye doctors can often spot the seepage or the new , abnormal blood vessels that sprout up to replace faulty ones .

34. Friends of the Earth has described the situation as scandalous, and called on the National Rivers Authority to prevent further seepage.

35. Because he had refused to be paid she couldn't ask him to come back again to deal with the seepage.

36. Overall, the substrate and nutritional heterogeneity introduced by Authigenic seep carbonates act to promote diverse, uniquely adapted assemblages, even after seepage ceases

37. The river loses nearly two-thirds of its potential flow in the Inner Delta between Ségou and Timbuktu to seepage and evaporation.

38. In this article some measures adopted in mass concrete construction of high rise building are discussed to avoid desiccation cracks, shrinkage crack and seepage.

39. In most locations, there is a 1–6 month time lag between the onset of the rainy season and seepage, with longer times observed for the front adit.

40. The calculation method can preferably reflect the actual stress and strain situation of hydraulic tunnel with high pressure with seepage from inner tunnel to outer tunnel.

41. This change to aerobic conditions accelerates the decomposition of organic substances and reduces the emission potential as well as seepage-water contamination and gas generation.

42. Based on the equivalence of the water body oscillation damping characteristic and seepage characteristic, self-oscillation method is brand- new and fast exploration technology of hydrological geology.

43. Water for retention and/or treatment includes but is not limited to excavation seepage water, aggregate processing wash water, and concrete plant and concrete truck mixer wash water.

44. Acid mine waters (pH 3–5) at the closed Wangaloa coal mine have resulted from surface runoff and groundwater seepage in contact with pyrite-bearing waste rock piles.

45. Close to 90 per cent of water in Africa is used in agriculture of which 40 to 60 per cent is lost to seepage and evaporation, says the Atlas.

46. Surface runoff and groundwater seepage through waste piles are typically very acidic and contain high concentration of dissolved metals including iron, aluminum, manganese, copper, lead, nickel and zinc.

47. Coltsfoot is a native species in Finland in sparsely-populated coastal land-accretion sites, swamps, seepage surfaces and springs, and birch and willow woodland and meadows in the north of the country

48. 26 It is of practical value to determine the hydraulic conductivity tensors of large-scale dynamo-relaxed rock masses at site of Daliushu dam on the Yellow River and to analyze the seepage field.

49. Aletris aurea, or Golden Colicroot, is a native herbaceous perennial of the lily family found in pine savannas, seepage bogs, and pine flatwoods in the coastal plains and sandhills of North Carolina, although it is uncommon

50. Bentonite will find its way inside those small holes and cracks of the soil, and then it will swell at the contact with water, thus creating a seal that will prevent water seepage, making it a great pond sealer and liner