emergency spillway

collocation in English

meaningsofemergencyandspillway

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emergency
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪˈmɜː.dʒən.si/us
/ɪˈmɝː.dʒən.si/
something dangerous or serious, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs fast action in order to avoid ...
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spillway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspɪl.weɪ/us
/ˈspɪl.weɪ/
a passage for extra water from a lake created by a dam (= a wall built across a river to hold ...
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(Definition ofemergencyandspillwayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They were also excavating anemergencyspillwaywhich was never completed.
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There is also anemergencyspillwayat the west and which empties into a ditch.
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To prevent this, the dam was designed and built to include a secondemergencyspillway.
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Theemergencyspillwayis weir type with an erodible bund and a maximum capacity of 0.23 million cusecs.
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The fuse-plug that allows theemergencyspillwayto work did not erode because heavy sediment had built up behind it.
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At this point any further flow into the lake is channelled over anemergencyspillwayto the west of the main dam structure.
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An "emergencyspillway" is designed for extreme conditions, such as a serious malfunction of the service spillway.
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Since the dam became operational, the dam'semergencyspillwayhas been overtopped only three times by high water in 1973, 1983 and 1991.
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The dam is equipped with anemergencyspillwayas well, which will have a capacity of.
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The dam contains a 2,900ft m. longemergencyspillwaycontrolled by six steel tainter gates.
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South of the dam is theemergencyspillway.
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