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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 ...
That part of the total reservoir capacity which can be withdrawn by gravity. This capacity is equal to the total capacity less the dead capacity.
Industry:Engineering
That part of the total reservoir capacity which can be withdrawn by gravity. This capacity is equal to the total capacity less the dead capacity.
Industry:Engineering
NIOSH is the Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury.
Industry:Engineering
Techniques of obtaining precise measurements from images. This process can derive elevation from specially created stereo pairs of aerial photos.
Industry:Engineering
A section of a river where the current is very fast moving, caused by a steep descent in the riverbed through a constriction of the main channel.
Industry:Engineering
The reservoir water surface elevation at the top of the capacity allocated to the storage of water for conservation purposes only. See reservoir.
Industry:Engineering
Space in a soil or rock mass not occupied by solid mineral matter. This space may be occupied by air, water, or other gaseous or liquid material.
Industry:Engineering
An emergency operations plan element that describes the jurisdiction's plan for functioning in that component area of activity during emergencies.
Industry:Engineering
The level of detail necessary to facilitate making decisions on whether or not to proceed with a detailed study and evaluation of any alternative.
Industry:Engineering
A pressure that can cause water to backflow into the water supply when a user's water system is at a higher pressure than the public water system.
Industry:Engineering
