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U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation
Industri: Government
Number of terms: 15655
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
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 increase of greater than 15 percent in powerplant unit output at an existing facility through modifications or replacement of equipment.
Industry:Engineering
Visitor use of recreation and wilderness resource for inspiration, stimulation, solitude, relaxation, education, pleasure, or satisfaction.
Industry:Engineering
Ground, or layer of such, for support purposes on which pipe is laid. Soil placed beneath and beside a pipe to support the load on the pipe.
Industry:Engineering
The crest and sides of a retangular weir are far enough from the bottom and sides of the channel so that their effect on flow is negligible.
Industry:Engineering
A series of parallel drains of narrow width (instead of a continuous drainage blanket) draining to the downstream toe of the embankment dam.
Industry:Engineering
oil
Defined as oil of any kind or in any form including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes.
Industry:Engineering
Area of flow composed of one or more eddies immediately downstream from a constriction in the channel, such as a debris fan or rock outcrop.
Industry:Engineering
A surface irrigation technique wherein flow is applied to furrows (or less commonly, borders) intermittently during a single irrigation set.
Industry:Engineering
Reclamation public protection guideline dealing with public trust responsibilities based on the annual failure probability of the structure.
Industry:Engineering
The elevation or surface of the earth after all earthwork has been completed (also finish grade). The final grade required by specifications.
Industry:Engineering