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طفحت المجاري

English translation: Sewage flow / Sewer flow

16:03 Sep 19, 2006
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology / drainage systems
Arabic term or phrase: طفحت المجاري
يحدث أحيانا أن تغطى الشوارع بمياه الصرف الصحي نتيجة لانفجار ماسورة مثلا
Dina 13
English translation:Sewage flow / Sewer flow
Explanation:
good luck
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Ziad Marzouka
Switzerland
Local time: 23:37
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3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7Sewage flow / Sewer flow
Ziad Marzouka
5 +2sewage (sewer)flooding
Mayssa Allaf
5Inundated Sewerage or Sanitary Drainage Overflow
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
2Sanitary Sewage overflew
ALI HASAN


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Sewage flow / Sewer flow


Explanation:
good luck

Ziad Marzouka
Switzerland
Local time: 23:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nesrin: ...overflow
6 mins
agree  ahmadwadan.com: Yeh, overflow
1 hr
agree  duraid: overflow
1 hr
agree  Zeinab Asfour
2 hrs
agree  Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh
2 hrs
agree  Mohamed Ghazal: overflow
4 hrs
agree  sktrans: overflow
1 day 5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sewage (sewer)flooding


Explanation:
.


    Reference: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/afr...
    Reference: http://www.benfieldhrc.org/activities/tech_papers/tech_paper...
Mayssa Allaf
Local time: 22:37
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sami Khamou
22 mins
agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
27 mins
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1 day 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Sanitary Sewage overflew


Explanation:
adequate

Example sentence(s):
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ALI HASAN
Local time: 00:37
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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2 days 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Inundated Sewerage or Sanitary Drainage Overflow


Explanation:
There are a number of ways to state this, with these being among the most widely used.

This is quoted from the following link (http://www.abc.net.au/am/stories/s258543.htm), in the ninth paragraph:
"Floodwaters in those towns have inundated sewerage systems posing a major health risk. Residents are being urged to extreme personal hygiene if they come into contact with the water."



    Reference: http://qamoos.sakhr.com/idrisidic_1.asp?Sub=inundated
    Reference: http://www-old.ectaco.com/online/diction.php3?lang=3&q=1&ref...
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
Local time: 00:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
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