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Civil engineering
The branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and maintenance of such public works roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.
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Flushing
Engineering; Civil engineering
A method used to clean water distribution lines by passing a large amount of water through the system.
Baseloading
Engineering; Civil engineering
Running water through a powerplant at a roughly steady rate, thereby producing power at a steady rate.
Spring
Engineering; Civil engineering
Ground water seeping or flowing out of the earth where the water table intersects the ground surface.
Mine tailings dam
Engineering; Civil engineering
An industrial waste dam in which the waste materials come from mining operations or mineral processing.
Dam failure hydrograph
Engineering; Civil engineering
A flood hydrograph resulting from a dam breach prepared for a specific location downstream from the dam.
Authorised reclamation project
Engineering; Civil engineering
A congressionally approved Bureau of Reclamation project that has been authorised for specific purposes.
Probability of load
Engineering; Civil engineering
Likelihood that a certain loading event (static, seismic, hydrologic, other) occurs at a structure site.
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