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water power
water power mechanical energy derived from falling or flowing water, e.g., rivers, streams, and the overflow of dams. The wooden water wheel , long utilized for driving machinery in flour mills and factories, was largely supplanted by the steam engine in the early 19th cent. In modern practice, wa... Read more
Hydroelectric Power
Hydroelectric Power. Electricity generated through the use of waterwheels or hydraulic turbines is known as hydroelectric power. In the early 1880s, small water‐powered mills were utilized to produce direct current (DC) electricity. However, the full potential of hydroelectric power was not r... Read more
water wheel
water wheel device for utilizing the power of flowing or falling water. The Norse wheel is the oldest type known. Despite its name it probably originated in the Middle East, where the swift stream required by this type of wheel is common. The Norse wheel has a vertical shaft directly connected at t... Read more
desalination of water
desalination of water process of removing soluble salts from water to render it suitable for drinking, irrigation, or industrial uses. The principal methods used for desalination include distillation (or evaporation), electrodialysis, freezing, ion exchange, and reverse osmosis. In distillat... Read more
water supply
water supply process or activity by which water is provided for some use, e.g., to a home, factory, or business. The term may also refer to the supply of water provided in this way. In the United States, the average residential daily water supply demand is 100 gal (380 liters) per person, alth... Read more
water pollution
water pollution contamination of water resources by harmful wastes; see also sewerage , water supply , pollution , and environmentalism . Industrial Pollution In the United States industry is the greatest source of pollution, accounting for more than half the volume of all water pollu... Read more
hydroplane
hydroplane small, high-powered racing boat designed to skim along the surface of the water. Its hull is so shaped that at high speeds the bow is tilted up out of the water, reducing the effect of frictional drag. Hydroplanes are commonly powered by outboard motors. ... Read more
Vaal
Vaal , river, c.750 mi (1,210 km) long, rising in Mpumalanga, NE South Africa, and flowing SW to the Orange River. It forms most of the northern border of the Free State . The river's flow is almost totally regulated and provides water power for industries on the Witwatersrand . Vaal Dam, one of t... Read more
Loa
Loa , longest river of Chile, 275 mi (443 km) long, flowing S from the Andes, N Chile, then W and N through the Atacama Desert, before turning W to the Pacific Ocean. It is not navigable but affords some water supply and hydroelectric power for copper and nitrate-mining communities in its vicinity. ... Read more
Menasha
Menasha , city (1990 pop. 14,711), Winnebago co., E Wis., on Lake Winnebago and the Fox River, adjacent to its twin city of Neenah; settled 1840s, inc. 1874. Menasha's large paper-making industry, which is served by water power, dates from the late 19th cent. The region at the lake outlet was visite... Read more

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water power
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History water power in Ireland can be traced back to the early...been dated between ad 630 and ad 926. Water power technology remained at this level until...brought with them new developments in water power from Great Britain and the Continent...
Water Rights
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law WATER RIGHTS A group of rights designed...protect the use and enjoyment of water that travels in streams, rivers...demonstrate that she is using the water in an economically efficient...Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate navigable waters...
Water Pollution
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...pollution results from the release of heated water into lakes and streams. Most thermal pollution is generated by power plant cooling systems. Power plants use water to cool their reactors and turbines, and discharge...
Heavy Water Technology
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...heavy water, and beryllium. Heavy water is a desirable moderator for several...transfer heat out of the core to a power-generation loop. Today, most power-generating reactors in the world utilize light water as a moderator. Light water has...
Steam Power
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Steam Power. Thomas Newcomen constructed...England around 1712 to pump water out of mines. During the...engines gradually replaced water power as the favored source of...manufacturers from reliance on water power, steam allowed factories...
SIC 1623 Water, Sewer, and Utility Lines
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...contractors primarily engaged in the construction of water and sewer mains, pipelines, and communications and power lines. NAICS Code(s) 234910 (Water, Sewer, and Pipeline Construction) 234920 (Power and Communication Transmission Line Construction...
water industry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...other 19th-cent. schemes, steam power was used for pumping. During the...canal-building and the use of water power as a prime mover led to a greater understanding of hydraulics and water engineering. Both of these developments...
Nuclear Power
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science Nuclear power Nuclear power is any method...x2014; a fluid such as water, or liquid sodium, or carbon...to boil itself or to cause water in a secondary system to boil...constructing a modern nuclear power plant reflects in part the...
water pollution
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...substances. In its National Water Quality Inventory, reported...another instance of pollution, hot water discharged by factories and power plants causes so-called thermal pollution by increasing water temperatures. Such increases...
water supply
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...conduits or pipes that take the water to its place of use. The California Water Plan, initiated in 1957, eventually...entailed twenty dams, seven power plants, and more than 700 mi...five billion cubic meters of water per year. A complete water...

Dictionary entries related to "Water power"

water power
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military water power power that is derived from the weight or motion of water, used as a force to drive machinery. water-powered adj.
Hydroelectric Power
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...3.8 liters) of water falling 100 feet...electricity, enough to power ten 100-watt light...reversed and pump water back into the reservoir...efficiency of all power plants within an...fishing, swimming, water-skiing, picnicking...1930 Hydroelectric power technology was slow...
Nuclear Power
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...mid-1960s. Nuclear power plants differ from hydroelectric...from the force of flowing water — and from coal...fossil fuels. Nuclear power plants generate steam...electricity generated by nuclear power was not limited to the...the American emphasis on water-cooled reactors, both...
Water Law
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...of large amounts of water to power manufacturing plants...nineteenth-century water use in the West (consumptive...and in the East (for power generation). The legal...do not have absolute power to determine water rights or use. The...
Steam Power and Engines
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...valuable mines or providing water for large cities, they...eastern seaboard. Providing power for transportation was...complexity of applying steam power to navigation led some...of supplying stationary power. The Soho works in New...large engines for a new water-works in Philadelphia...
steam power
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...power The use of steam to power machinery, a major factor...by 1712, was used to pump water from Cornish tin mines. Major...reliable source of industrial power. Before this many factories depended on water power and were therefore sited in...
stream power
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences stream power The rate at which a stream can...Qs, where Ω is the power, γ is the specific weight of water, Q is the discharge, and s is...geometry in order to minimize their power (see LEAST-WORK PRINCIPLE...
Waterpower
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the circumference. Power came directly from water flow past a streamside...large, had its own power plant, with most establishments...leasing the use of the water by which its wheels...Blake. Rochester, the Water-Power City, 1812 –...
Energy, Renewable
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...ENERGY, RENEWABLE. Wood, wind, water, and sun power have been used for cooking, heating...with nuclear and fossil energy. Water power has been well known since its...scale industrial processes. Today water power is by far the cheapest of all...
Reclamation
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...projects to provide, in addition to water for irrigation, flood control, hydroelectric power, municipal water, and recreational opportunities...Nevada. Despite the hydroelectric power and the water for agriculture a

Thesaurus entries related to "Water power"

force
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...force synonyms : strength, power, energy, might, effort...soundness, validity, strength, power, significance, influence...for good synonyms : agency, power, influence, instrument, vehicle...down, kick in.   3. water was forced through a hole synonyms...
extremity
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...vehemence, fierceness, violence, severity, seriousness, strength, power, powerfulness, vigor, force, forcefulness.   4. in extremity...pickle, a jam, a spot, a bind, a hole, a sticky situation, hot water, deep water.
unlimited
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...unlimited • adjective   1. unlimited supplies of water synonyms : inexhaustible, limitless, illimitable, boundless...uncurbed. antonym: restricted.   3. unlimited power synonyms : total, unqualified, unconditional, unrestricted...
tide
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...canned goods should tide us over until the storm is over and the power is restored synonyms : sustain, keep someone going, keep someone afloat, keep someone's head above water, see someone through; keep the wolf from the door; help out...
propulsion
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus propulsion • noun  these birds use their wings for propulsion under water synonyms : thrust, motive force, impetus, impulse, drive, driving force, actuation, push, pressure, power.
steam
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English steam • noun   1. boiling water giving off steam synonyms : vapor, fume, smoke, exhalation...steam left synonyms : energy, vigor, vitality, stamina, power, force. phrases: let off steam   synonyms : give...
die
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...down, peter out, fizzle out, run down, fade away, lose power.   4. thought I would die laughing synonyms : collapse...overpowered by, succumb to.   5. she's dying for water | dying to see you synonyms : be eager, be desperate, long...
supply
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...out, shell out.   2. the lake supplies the city with water synonyms : provide, furnish, endow, serve, confer; equip, arm.   3. windmills supply their power needs synonyms : satisfy, meet, fulfill, cater for. •...
believable
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...synonyms : credible, plausible, likely, tenable, able to hold water, conceivable, imaginable, convincing, creditable, probable...provokes opposition. Cogent , on the other hand, means having the power to convince; a cogent argument is believable because of its...

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Washington Water Power Files to Extend Conservation-Funding Tariff
PR Newswire; 8/28/1998; 700+ words ; ...28 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington Water Power (NYSE: WWP) has filed a request...efficiency programs. Washington Water Power anticipates the filing will be...termination date. In 1994, Washington Water Power proposed significant changes to...
Washington Water Power and CheckFree Sign Agreement for Web-Based Electronic Billing and Payment.
PR Newswire; 9/22/1998; 700+ words ; Service Will Allow Washington Water Power's Residential Customers to Receive...22 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington Water Power (NYSE: WWP) and CheckFree...soon be an option for Washington Water Power's 350,000 residential electric...
FERC ISSUES ORDER TO HOLYOKE WATER POWER AUTHORIZING DISPOSITION OF JURISDICTIONAL FACILITIES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/15/2008; 700+ words ; ...text of the following delegated order: Holyoke Water Power Company Docket No. EC09-17-000 Holyoke Power...December 15, 2008) On November 5, 2008, Holyoke Water Power Company (Holyoke Water Power), Holyoke Power and Electric Company (Holyoke...
Washington Water Power and Inland Power & Light Reach Joint Agreement to Serve Eastern Washington Electric Customers
PR Newswire; 9/9/1998; 700+ words ; ...9 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington Water Power (NYSE: WWP) has filed a petition...said. "Inland and Washington Water Power, once adversaries, are now finding...interests." Tom Matthews, Washington Water Power board chairman and chief executive...
Energy Minister suggests resuming construction of Kambarata-1 water power station upon setting into operation 1st unit of Kambarata-2 water power station.
News Wire article from: AKIpress News Agency; 11/19/2008; 700+ words ; ...first unit of the Kambarata-2 water power station into operation, it is...construction of the Kambarata-1 water power station, Minister of Industry...of construction of Kambarata-2 water power station on Tuesday. The Energy...
Washington Water Power and Inland Power & Light Reach Joint Agreement to Serve Eastern Washington Electric Customers(\)
PR Newswire; 9/9/1998; 700+ words ; ...9 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington Water Power (NYSE: WWP) has filed a petition...said. "Inland and Washington Water Power, once adversaries, are now finding...interests." Tom Matthews, Washington Water Power board chairman and chief executive...
Washington Water Power Files Direct Access Tariff Pilot for Residential/Commercial Customers
PR Newswire; 2/10/1997; 700+ words ; ...10 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington Water Power (NYSE: WWP) today filed with...According to Roger Curtis, Washington Water Power energy services manager, the company...customer choice. "Washington Water Power believes direct access will benefit...
Washington Water Power's Natural Gas Price Decrease Approved
PR Newswire; 11/4/1996; 700+ words ; ...a price decrease for Washington Water Power's (NYSE: WWP) natural gas...third straight year Washington Water Power has lowered natural gas prices...the past three years, Washington Water Power has lowered Idaho residential gas...
Narynhydrostroi, Chakan water power station JSC sign contract for construction of 4 small water power stations.
News Wire article from: AKIpress News Agency; 8/1/2008; 630 words ; Narynhydrostroi JSC, Chakan water power station have signed contract for construction of small water power stations, leaders of these companies...conference in Bishkek today.The small water power stations (10-20 megawatt) will...
Washington Water Power Files for Electric Rate Reduction in Idaho
PR Newswire; 4/3/1997; 700+ words ; ...3 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington Water Power (NYSE: WWP) has filed a tariff...the PCA mechanism, Washington Water Power is allowed to record the differences...rate accountant for Washington Water Power. "The mechanism was designed...