STORM-DRAIN PIPES BOLSTERING SYSTEM.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer EAST PALMDALE -- Construction crews are installing massive storm-drain pipes at Avenue S-8 and 40th Street East that will complete part of a master-planned drainage system Noun 1. drainage system - a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a in east Palmdale. The 6-foot-wide cement pipes will direct water flow underground to an existing storm-drain basin on 40th Street East and Avenue S. The project is expected to be completed by the end of May, said Tim Hughes, the city's deputy director of public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. . The department has pursued similar projects more aggressively since the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley was bombarded by a series of winter storms in late 2005 that flooded some Palmdale streets, Hughes said. ``We're trying to take water off the streets,'' he said. ``Right now the only way it's getting (into the basin) is on (city) streets.'' Such projects are necessary to accommodate the Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). Valley's explosive growth, he added. ``When there's more concrete, you have more runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. ,'' Hughes said. ``As we plan the city out, we have to reserve space to hold the water.'' gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 CAPTION(S): 2 photos |
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