- Industry: Government
- Number of terms: 15655
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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 ...
A quantitative evaluation of the costs which would be incurred versus the overall benefits to society of a proposed action.
Industry:Engineering
Process wherein the elevation of streambeds, sandbars, and flood plains is lowered by erosion. The opposite of aggradation.
Industry:Engineering
Collection of surface and/or subsurface drains, together with structures and pumps, used to remove surface or ground water.
Industry:Engineering
Study of the feasibility of installing some level of Early Warning System to meet the target times for alerts and warnings.
Industry:Engineering
Layer of gravel spread over an area intended for vehicular or personnel traffic, such as roads, parking lots and sidewalks.
Industry:Engineering
An embankment dam constructed of materials, often dredged, which are conveyed and/or placed by suspension in flowing water.
Industry:Engineering
The amount of water released after use. The difference between delivery and release is usually the same as consumptive use.
Industry:Engineering
Those individuals or groups that may be institutionalized and have needs that require special consideration in emergencies.
Industry:Engineering
A point whose elevation is taken from two or more instrument positions to determine their height in relation to each other.
Industry:Engineering
A point whose elevation is taken from two or more instrument positions to determine their height in relation to each other.
Industry:Engineering
