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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 section of pipe that joins the main run of pipe at an angle. The fitting that makes the joint is in the shape of the letter Y.
Industry:Engineering
A section of pipe that joins the main run of pipe at an angle. The fitting that makes the joint is in the shape of the letter Y.
Industry:Engineering
The material (for example activated carbon) that is responsible for removing the undesirable substance in the adsorption process.
Industry:Engineering
A vertical plane or curved surface, appearing as a line in plan or cross section, to which horizontal dimensions can be referred.
Industry:Engineering
Pumping of ground water for irrigation or other uses, at rates faster than the rate at which the ground water is being recharged.
Industry:Engineering
The formation of voids within soil or soft rock caused by the mechanical or chemical removal of material by seepage. See erosion.
Industry:Engineering
Device for containing the soil sample and subjecting it to fluid flow in order to measure permeability or hydraulic conductivity.
Industry:Engineering
The loss of surface concrete usually caused by impact, abrasion, or compression. To break off from a surface in sheets or pieces.
Industry:Engineering
Unused capacity in an electric system in machines that are not in operation but that are available for immediate use if required.
Industry:Engineering
Vertical height above the sill water level to which water from a specific wave will run up the face of a structure or embankment.
Industry:Engineering
