- 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 ...
For Reclamation-operated facilities, the OSC is any employee discovering hazardous or suspected hazardous waste on Reclamation lands.
Industry:Engineering
Process in which chlorophyll-containing cells convert light into chemical energy, forming organic compounds from inorganic compounds.
Industry:Engineering
Input costs that change as the nature of the production activity of its circumstances change; for example, as production levels vary.
Industry:Engineering
Area surrounding a well within which the piezometric surface has been lowered when pumping has produced a maximum steady rate of flow.
Industry:Engineering
The amount of water delivered to the point of use. The difference between delivery and release is usually the same as consumptive use.
Industry:Engineering
A unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch. Used in measuring the diameter of wires, and the thickness of fabric and plastic sheeting.
Industry:Engineering
A method of excavation in which the working area is kept open to the sky. Used to distinguish from cut-and-cover and underground work.
Industry:Engineering
Guidance concerning: (1) size of planning area (distance); (2) time dependence of releases; and (3) flood characteristics of releases.
Industry:Engineering
An embankment dam of earth or rock in which the material is placed in layers and compacted by the use of rollers or rolling equipment.
Industry:Engineering
The difference in elevation between the pumping source and the point of delivery. The vertical distance between two points in a fluid.
Industry:Engineering
