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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 ...
A method of compacting soil using the impact of a power or hand tamper on the surface of the soil placed.
Industry:Engineering
A bridge, usually of timber or steel, that has a number of closely spaced supports between the abutments.
Industry:Engineering
Tract or region of land uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, or unoccupied by human settlements.
Industry:Engineering
The repayment or water service rate set forth in a contract to be paid by a district to the United States.
Industry:Engineering
A device constructed in a waterway to reduce the kinetic energy of fast flowing water. See stilling basin.
Industry:Engineering
Condition of higher levels of dissolved gases in water due to entrainment, pressure increases, or heating.
Industry:Engineering
Soil water content below which plants cannot readily obtain water and permanently wilt. See wilting point.
Industry:Engineering
Soil water content below which plants cannot readily obtain water and permanently wilt. See wilting point.
Industry:Engineering
Standards which emergency plans of the dam operating organization and local authorities should conform to.
Industry:Engineering
Area of land that is studied or used for an experimental purpose, in which sample areas are often located.
Industry:Engineering
