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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 ...
Microscopic plants that grow in sunlit water containing phosphates, nitrates, and other nutrients.
Industry:Engineering
Process by which aquatic organisms, suspended in water, are pulled through a pump or other device.
Industry:Engineering
All plant life associated with a given habitat, country, or period. Bacteria are considered flora.
Industry:Engineering
Wire basket, filled with stones, used to stabilize banks of a water course and to enhance habitat.
Industry:Engineering
A round bar that rotates or provides an axis of revolution. A vertical or steeply inclined tunnel.
Industry:Engineering
One or more steel drums, fitted with projection feet, used to densify soil. See sheepsfoot roller.
Industry:Engineering
Ground water inflow to the river. Portion of stream discharge that is derived from natural storage.
Industry:Engineering
A structure used to regulate the upstream water surface and control the downstream flow in a canal.
Industry:Engineering
A dam built to store streamflow or surface runoff, and to control the release of such stored water.
Industry:Engineering
The condition in which the water pressure on the upstream and downstream sides of an object differ.
Industry:Engineering
