Street gutter
A street gutter is a depression that runs parallel to a
curbstone is present, a gutter may be formed by the convergence of the road surface and the vertical face of the sidewalk; otherwise, a dedicated gutter surface made of concrete may be present. Depending on local regulations, a gutter usually discharges, as a nonpoint pollution source in a storm drain whose final discharge falls into a detention pond (in order to remove some pollutants by sedimentation) or into a body of water. Street gutters are most often found in areas of a city which have high pedestrian traffic. In rural areas, gutters are seldom used and are frequently replaced by a borrow ditch.[1]
In past centuries, when urban streets did not have sanitary sewers, street gutters were made deep enough to serve that purpose as well; responsibility for operation and maintenance of the dual-purpose street gutter was cooperatively shared between the local government and the inhabitants.[2]
A now obsolete word meaning a street gutter is a kennel.
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References
- ^ Kearfott, Pamela J.; Barrett, Michael E.; Malina, Joseph F. Jr. (May 2005). "Stormwater Quality Documentation of Roadside Shoulders Borrow Ditches" (PDF). Texas ScholarWorks. Center for Research in Water Resources, The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- S2CID 26332515.
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