- 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 ...
Survival of young plants and animals from birth to a life stage less vulnerable to environmental change.
Industry:Engineering
A legal classification for a species which is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future.
Industry:Engineering
A table giving reservoir storage capacity, and sometimes surface areas, in terms of elevation increments.
Industry:Engineering
An impervious construction by means of which water is prevented from passing through foundation material.
Industry:Engineering
Set of formal criteria that is used to determine if an event is threatening and what action to implement.
Industry:Engineering
Line drawn or outer edge of colored (inundation) area on an inundation map to show the limit of flooding.
Industry:Engineering
The release of water stored in a reservoir or other impoundment to increase the natural flow of a stream.
Industry:Engineering
An immature stage that develops from the fertilized egg before assuming the characteristics of the adult.
Industry:Engineering
A measurable action, state, or goal which marks a point of achievement on the way to solving the problem.
Industry:Engineering
Small, usually microscopic plants (such as algae), found in lakes, reservoirs, and other bodies of water.
Industry:Engineering
