surplus water

Example Sentences

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Increased flow would also have come at a cost to the water agency, which makes tens of millions of dollars a year selling hydroelectric power and surplus water, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2023

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

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

In the first kind the surplus water percolates through the dam along its entire length, while in the second it is discharged through a single opening in the crest formed for that purpose.

From The Industries of Animals by Houssay, Frédéric