- 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 ...
The depression, roughly conical in shape, produced in the water table by the pumping of water from a well. See circle of influence.
Industry:Engineering
An electrical unit of work or power. Unit of electric power (capacity) equal to 1000 watts, or about 1.34 horsepower, and 1.18 KVA.
Industry:Engineering
The rate at which water moves through porous media, such as soil. The intake rate used for designing wastewater absorption systems.
Industry:Engineering
The process of renovating a facility or system whose performance is failing to meet the original criteria and needs of the project.
Industry:Engineering
Selling or exchanging water or water rights among individuals or agencies. Artificial conveyance of water from one area to another.
Industry:Engineering
Organisms common to the intestinal tract of humans and animals; the organisms' presence in waste water is an indicator of pollution.
Industry:Engineering
Non-interruptible energy and power guaranteed by the supplier to be available at all times, except for uncontrollable circumstances.
Industry:Engineering
Non-interruptible energy and power guaranteed by the supplier to be available at all times, except for uncontrollable circumstances.
Industry:Engineering
Water that is lost or otherwise discarded from an irrigation system after having been diverted into it as part of normal operations.
Industry:Engineering
A steel rod placed in a hole drilled in rock, held in position by grout, mechanical means, or both. A rock bolt can be pretensioned.
Industry:Engineering
