- 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 ...
The process by which water in plants is transferred into water vapor in the atmosphere. Evaporation of water through the leaves of plants.
Industry:Engineering
All members of a specified group of species present in a specific area at a specific time; a group of people that see themselves as a unit.
Industry:Engineering
A single location where public information officials gather to collaborate on, and coordinate the release of, emergency public information.
Industry:Engineering
As used in the evaluation process, it is the level of loading selected to which corrective actions will be designed to prevent dam failure.
Industry:Engineering
The action of filling a pump casing with water to remove the air. Most pumps must be primed before startup or they will not pump any water.
Industry:Engineering
Material which had previously been excavated as a result of construction activities and again placed to the lines as shown on the drawings.
Industry:Engineering
A rock formed of consolidated mud. Fine-grained sedimentary rock formed from hardened clay and silt that typically splits into thin layers.
Industry:Engineering
Fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by "baking" and recrystallizing shale or mudstone and which splits easily along flat, parallel planes.
Industry:Engineering
Same as elevation or depth of water. The height of a water surface above an established datum. See water surface elevation and gage height.
Industry:Engineering
The capacity of a river to carry sediment in suspension or to move sediment along the riverbed. Usually expressed as mass per unit of time.
Industry:Engineering
