- 産業: 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 ...
Period during which a generating unit, transmission line, or other facility is out of service.
Industry:Engineering
A rock pit. An open cut mine in rock chosen for physical rather than chemical characteristics.
Industry:Engineering
Removal of a surface layer or deposit for the purpose of excavating other material beneath it.
Industry:Engineering
The level of loading above which a dam failure does not contribute an incremental loss of life.
Industry:Engineering
Narrow strip of land reserved for location of transmission lines, pipelines, and service roads.
Industry:Engineering
A stake indicating the amount of cut or fill required to bring the ground to a specified level.
Industry:Engineering
Any mine, quarry, or excavation area worked by the open-cut method to obtain material of value.
Industry:Engineering
A structural break where differential movement has occurred along a surface or zone of failure.
Industry:Engineering
The lowering of the normal level of the ground, usually due to overpumping of water from wells.
Industry:Engineering
Crushed stone, soil, sand, or drill cuttings used to plug the unloaded portion of a drill hole.
Industry:Engineering
