- 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 ...
Conditions stemming from the interaction of ground water and the surrounding soil and rock.
Industry:Engineering
In tunneling, planking placed against the dirt or rock walls and ceiling, outside the ribs.
Industry:Engineering
Hydroelectric power that operates with a head of 20 meters (approximately 66 feet) or less.
Industry:Engineering
Power generation capacity of a generator that can be guaranteed under continuous operation.
Industry:Engineering
A rope or cable wound and attached so that it stretches from the top of a drum to the load.
Industry:Engineering
A working trip or passage of an excavating, grading, or compaction machine. See compaction.
Industry:Engineering
The interstitial pressure of fluid (air or water) within a mass of soil, rock, or concrete.
Industry:Engineering
A mesh or bar surface used for separating pieces or particles of different sizes. A filter.
Industry:Engineering
A pipe fitting that has two threaded openings in line, and a third at right angles to them.
Industry:Engineering
The fraction of a chemical making contact with an organism that is absorbed by the organism.
Industry:Engineering
