Mulden/Mulden-Rigolen
English translation: combined swale-French drain
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| 13:50 Jan 8, 2003 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / wastewater treatment plants | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Alan Johnson Germany Local time: 09:05 | ||||||
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| 5 +2 | combined swale-French drain |
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| 4 | basins |
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| 4 | rainwater soakaway system |
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basins Explanation: according to Ernst -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-08 14:10:22 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ernst also proposes: vat, trough, pool, hutch -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-08 14:11:36 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ernst proffers \"trenching\" for Rigolen ergo \"basin trenching\"? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-08 14:12:18 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 84 google hits for \"basin trench\"! |
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21 mins confidence:
rainwater soakaway system Explanation: is what I found on google: Parallel and cross-wise parking varies, as well as parking on one or both sides. Rainwater-Soakaway-System (Mulden-Rigolen-System). ... www.northseanet.org/kronsberg/page2.html - 7k hope it helps -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-08 14:14:18 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- also \'a new type of stormwater management system\', as in: ... ABSTRACT In Germany a new stormwater management system is spreading across the country - the so called \"Mulden-Rigolen-System\" (MR-System), which may be ... www.iwaponline.com/wst/03810/wst038100065.htm - 11k |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2combined swale-French drain Explanation: This my specialist area. None of the references given here provide the correct answer. One of the references even translates this differently in the the same document. A "Mulde" is a swale and a "Rigole" is a French drain. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-08 18:15:25 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, I could have given you the definitions. |
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