- Industry: Government
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A U.S. Department of the Interior agency that oversees water resource management incuding the oversight and operation of numerous diversion, delivery, and storage projects the agency has built throughout the western United States for irrigation, water supply, and attendant hydroelectric power ...
That portion of a machine which contains the stationary (non-moving) parts that surround the moving parts (rotor).
Industry:Engineering
The lowest moisture content at which a soil will stick to a metal blade drawn across the surface of the soil mass.
Industry:Engineering
Those conditions of flow for which the depths are greater than critical and the velocities are less than critical.
Industry:Engineering
Those conditions of flow for which the depths are less than critical and the velocities are greater than critical.
Industry:Engineering
Material used in refilling excavation, or the process of such refilling. Material used to fill an excavated trench.
Industry:Engineering
Any individual, entity, or governmental agency (local, State, or Federal) that benefits from a Reclamation project.
Industry:Engineering
Bottom of rivers, lakes, or oceans; organisms that live on the bottom of water bodies. Bottom- or depth-inhabiting.
Industry:Engineering
An overflow structure on which the nappe is supported for an appreciable length in the direction of flow. See weir.
Industry:Engineering
Portion of spillway between inlet channel and chute, tunnel or conduit, which contains gates, such as radial gates.
Industry:Engineering
The highest reservoir water surface elevation at which gravity flows from the reservoir can be completely shut off.
Industry:Engineering
