wasteway

wasteway

(ˈweɪstəˌweɪ)
n
(Civil Engineering) US an open ditch for the passage of waste water
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John Socalo, NIA Cordillera director, said the initial fund would be spent on the repair of the canal itself while another P50 million would be used to build a wasteway and additional embankment support.
Other observations were from a site along Frenchman Hill Wasteway, west of the main site.
(115.) See, e.g., pending review of Lower Yellowstone Diversion Dam modifications (Great Plains); EA on Santa Clara Conduit shutdown, inspection and repair project (Mid-Pacific); Programmatic EA on Tyler Creek Wasteway stabilization (Pacific Northwest); and EA on Escondida Drain rehabilitation (Upper Colorado).
By 1996, state regulators called for ammonia reductions further to improve effluent discharged to the James River, the wasteway. The plant must meet ammonia limits averaging 6.4 mg/L in the summer months, 9.6 mg/L in summer weeks, 15.2 mg/L in winter months, and 22.8 mg/L in winter weeks.
- All field work was done along the Winchester Wasteway in Grant County, Washington (47.1 [degrees] N, 119.5 [degrees] W).
The wasteway (the channel that is opened to release excess water flowing to the irrigation system) in Calanan village was open but river water in the canal continued to rise, Espique said.
Caustic scrubbing was chosen for its effectiveness in removing hydrogen sulfide and because there would be no spent caustic waste disposal problem with the ocean as a wasteway. The chelated iron absorbent was selected because of indications of its effectiveness under the conditions prevailing at Honolulu.
(106) In addition, the RPA instructed the Bureau to install screens at canal intakes by March 2002, assess the water quality of irrigation return flows and submit to NMFS a detailed water quality plan by June 2001, and investigate the attraction of listed species into wasteways and implement any necessary structural or operational changes.