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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 ...
Water that flows into a body of water. The amount of water entering a reservoir expressed in acre-feet per day or cubic feet per second.
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Amount of water flowing through a defined stream channel needed to sustain instream values, e.g. flows designated for fish and wildlife.
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Microscopic plants and animals that are firmly attached to solid surfaces under water such as rocks, logs, pilings and other structures.
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A leveling rod in which the hundredths of feet, or eights of inches, are marked by alternate bars of color the width of the measurement.
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Any interested group or individual, including Federal, State and local agencies, interest groups, ad hoc groups, and the general public.
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Living on or adjacent to a water supply such as a riverbank, lake, or pond. Of, on, or pertaining to the bank of a river, pond, or lake.
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Passed in 1974, SDWA is the main federal law that ensures the quality of Americans' drinking water. See Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974.
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An electrical energy unit of measure equal to one watt of power supplied to, or taken from, an electrical circuit steadily for one hour.
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The vertical rise in the still water level at the face of a structure or embankment caused by wind stresses on the surface of the water.
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Concrete portion of an outlet works between the shaft house and the gate chamber. The access shaft provides vertical access to the gates.
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