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swales

Spanish translation: lagunas de desecación / colectores de evaporación

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English term or phrase:swales
Spanish translation:lagunas de desecación / colectores de evaporación
Entered by: Yvonne Becker

21:52 Sep 9, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: swales
Estoy traduciendo un material correspondiente a un proyecto de energía, en la parte correspondiente a la ingeniería civil de la obra:

"Storm Water Drainage System - XXX will provide a storm water drainage system to collect all rainwater for the site. Storm water will be managed through use of **swales**, ditches, culverts and site grading to drainage locations away from the facility as shown on site grading plan. The storm water drainage system shall drain into the local storm drain roadway ditches."
Yvonne Becker
Local time: 17:11
lagunas de desecación/colectores de evaporación
Explanation:
El agua de desecho de algunas plantas de energía se lleva a colectores o lagunas, que son tierras bajas autorizadas por la agencia ambiental para que allí se confine el agua y se evapore. Tambien se les llama pantanos.
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Miguel Fuentes
Mexico
Local time: 15:11
Grading comment
Gracias
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Summary of answers provided
5lagunas de desecación/colectores de evaporación
Miguel Fuentes
4surcos
Herminia Herrándiz Espuny
4pantano de retención
Vanesa Camarasa (X)
3zanja
Miriam Garcia


  

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surcos


Explanation:
una sug. ^_^

Herminia Herrándiz Espuny
Spain
Local time: 23:11
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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zanja


Explanation:
Por si te sirve de algo, mira este glosario, en "zanja". Suerte

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-09-09 22:08:26 GMT)
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Y mira la definición también aquí: http://www.foreclosuredeals.com/Glossary.php#letterS


    Reference: http://www.planning.org/CACes/PDF/glosario.pdf#search=%22swa...
Miriam Garcia
Spain
Local time: 23:11
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
lagunas de desecación/colectores de evaporación


Explanation:
El agua de desecho de algunas plantas de energía se lleva a colectores o lagunas, que son tierras bajas autorizadas por la agencia ambiental para que allí se confine el agua y se evapore. Tambien se les llama pantanos.

Example sentence(s):
  • Lagunas de evaporación de la central termoeléctrica PT Lerdo
  • Laguna de lodos de evaporacion en la planta de Renault Industrias SA
Miguel Fuentes
Mexico
Local time: 15:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 42
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Gracias
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pantano de retención


Explanation:
Espero que te ayude

Vanesa Camarasa (X)
Spain
Local time: 23:11
Native speaker of: Spanish
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