surplus water
Example Sentences
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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
Among the problems is that there isn’t any surplus water in the Colorado.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2021
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
She is one of dozens of farmers downstream from Tham Luang Cave whose fields have been flooded by the surplus water pumped out to reduce flood levels in the cavern.
From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2018
Trenches cut from the road bed upon which the gravel is placed, to the side ditches, will relieve this condition by affording an outlet for the surplus water.
From American Rural Highways by Agg, T. R. (Thomas Radford)
