- 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 ...
An unplanned joint resulting when a concrete surface hardens before the next batch is placed against it. Fresh concrete placed on harden concrete.
Industry:Engineering
A creek or stream that flows briefly only in direct response to precipitation and whose channel is above the water table. See intermittent stream.
Industry:Engineering
Power generation capacity available on a short-term basis that exceeds the firm energy on a long-term contract offered to an electricity customer.
Industry:Engineering
Material deposited by glaciation, usually composed of a wide range of particle sizes, which has not been subjected to the sorting action of water.
Industry:Engineering
Any structure through which water can be drawn into a waterway. Any structure in a reservoir, dam, or river through which water can be discharged.
Industry:Engineering
The channel of a water course and those portions of the adjoining flood plain which are reasonably required to carry a selected probability flood.
Industry:Engineering
A deposit of sediment formed under a glacier, consisting of an unlayered mixture of clay, silt, sand, and gravel ranging widely in size and shape.
Industry:Engineering
The topmost layer of soil, usually containing organic matter. Usually refers to soil containing humus which is capable of supporting plant growth.
Industry:Engineering
Open channel flow where the depth and discharge remain constant with respect to space. Also, the velocity at a given depth is the same everywhere.
Industry:Engineering
This factor is equal to energy generated in a year divided by the product of the peak demand for that year and the number of total hours in a year.
Industry:Engineering
