surplus water
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To handle the extra volume, engineers send surplus water down 5 Shaft into the deep pool below, much like an overflow spillway helps relieve pressure at a full reservoir.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Nine years out of 10, they’ll receive payment from a conservation group in exchange for leaving the surplus water in the river.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
This was the first year in memory that Fort Bragg could not sell its surplus water to Mendocino Village, an old lumber town of historic Victorians and homegrown boutiques.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2021
In the late 1990s, the states were arguing over which state should get surplus water.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 26, 2019
It also serves as a spillway over which the surplus water escapes.
From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Frederick Irving Anderson
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