- 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 ...
In concrete work, the vertical distance between successive horizontal construction joints.
Industry:Engineering
Wastewater other than sewage, such as sink and bath drainage or washing machine discharge.
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See expansion joint, cold joint, construction joint, contraction joint, and control joint.
Industry:Engineering
Igneous intrusion that squeezes between sedimentary layers and domes the overlying layers.
Industry:Engineering
Scientific study of the physical characteristics and biology of lakes, ponds, and streams.
Industry:Engineering
Rock or earth containing workable quantities of a mineral or minerals of commercial value.
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A part of the cross section of an embankment dam comprising material of high permeability.
Industry:Engineering
Natural gravelly material taken from excavation. Gravelly material which is not processed.
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An opening in a diversion dam used to discharge heavy floating debris safely past the dam.
Industry:Engineering
Places in which eggs of aquatic animals lodge or are placed during or after fertilization.
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