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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 ...
The Western System Coordinating Council is a voluntary industry association created to enhance reliability amoung western utilities.
Industry:Engineering
A clay with a high content of the mineral montmorillonite, usually characterized by high swelling on wetting and shrinkage on drying.
Industry:Engineering
A clay with a high content of the mineral montmorillonite, usually characterized by high swelling on wetting and shrinkage on drying.
Industry:Engineering
Light-colored mineral composed of calcium carbonate that often fills veins in igneous rocks and forms the sedimentary rock limestone.
Industry:Engineering
A sudden and great disaster causing misfortune, destruction, or irreplaceable loss extensive enough to cripple activities in an area.
Industry:Engineering
The pressure or force exerted by soil on any boundary. See active earth pressure, at-rest earth pressure, and passive earth pressure.
Industry:Engineering
A measurement of power that includes the factors of force and speed. The force required to lift 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute.
Industry:Engineering
An electric generator and turbine combination which is driven by water flow, thereby converting mechanical energy to electric energy.
Industry:Engineering
An electric generator and turbine combination which is driven by water flow, thereby converting mechanical energy to electric energy.
Industry:Engineering
Act of supplying dry land with water in order to grow crops or other plants. Application of water to lands for agricultural purposes.
Industry:Engineering
