an environmental control system of the vehicle a second opening or main drain opening is provided for draining water from the cowl in a first direction a channel is disposed adjacent the drain opening for collecting water from the cowl auxiliary openings in the channel are smaller than the drain opening for removing water from the channel and from adjacent the drain opening application_number US 201514668332 A description turning to fig1 there is shown a portion of an automotive vehicle 100 and more specifically hood 102 windshield 104 and an interconnecting region or cowl 106 an underlying cowl support structure 110 beneath the hood 102 in encircled region 108 adjacent the windshield 104 is more particularly illustrated in fig2 5 as will be appreciated and understood by one skilled in the art other components receive about the security been removed for ease of illustration generally speaking the encircled region 108 in fig2 is beneath the cowl 106 and adjacent a fender in a rear corner of the hood 102 the cowl support structure 110 includes an opening 120 were and hvac intake is mounted thus with the cowl 106 removed from fig2 it is apparent that the hvac intake opening 120 is positioned adjacent a drain opening 130 in prior arrangements illustrated in fig3 and 4 an enlarged drain opening 140 was provided for removing water from this.