Definition of "impoundments" [impoundments]

• Plural form of impoundment. (noun)

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• "Most slurry is stored in pools known as impoundments, which are more costly to build and maintain, but about 15% is injected into abandoned mines."
• "The Federal Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement found serious problems with the way DEP polices coal-slurry impoundments, which is one of the agency's most important jobs."
• ""No amount of regulation can keep these wet ponds -- called impoundments -- from seeping dangerous toxins into groundwater and potentially collapsing like the Tennessee impoundment," said Ben Dunham, Earthjustice's legislative counsel."