spillway

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"The emergency spillway is an essential safety element of every earthen dam.

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  1. noun A channel for an overflow of water, as from a reservoir.

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  • And it weighed hundreds of tons The spillway was one of the breath-taking sights of the dam. —  071 - Mad Mesa
  • And they all knew that as long as that spillway was open above their heads, they were trapped. —  090 - Tunnel Terror
  • Below the spillway, the company monitors the discharge to make sure the departing water stays under the limits for permitted pollutant discharges. —  EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
  • Pflueger owns the property under the dam and has been accused of filling in an emergency spillway, causing the breach in heavy rains. —  Starbulletin Headlines
  • A public scoping meeting on the replacement of the Minidoka Dam spillway will be held Tuesday in Fort Hall.
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