Dam definition

Dam means a land-based structure or a void that contains, diverts or controls flowable substances, and includes any substances that are thereby contained, diverted or controlled by that land-based structure or void and associated works.

Dam means any artificial or natural barrier, with appurtenant works, raised to obstruct or impound, or which does obstruct or impound, any of the surface waters of the state [Section 373.403(1), F.S.]

Dam means any artificial barrier in or across a watercourse which has the primary purpose of impounding or diverting water. A dam includes all appurtenant works, such as a dike, canal or powerhouse.

Examples of Dam in a sentence

• Mulder, M., Hack-ten Broeke, M., Bartholomeus, R., van Dam, J., Heinen, M., van Bakel, J., Walvoort, D., Kroes, J., Hoving, I., Holshof, G., Schaap, J., Spruijt, J., Supit, I., de Wit, A., Hendriks, R., de Haan, J., van der Voort, M., & van Walsum, P.

• Como Dam is located in Ravalli County, Montana, about 3.75 miles northwest of Darby and 8 miles south of Hamilton.

• Egypt’s opposition to Ethiopia’s agreement with Somaliland is also influenced by its ongoing dispute with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River.

• The Como Dam Enhancement Project will offer water conservation benefits, which in turn will improve drought resiliency and the ability to store water for release into the Bitterroot River and the irrigation system when needed during the late summer months.

• ACTION: Control Fish Stocking and Introductions NDOW submitted a proposal to change fishing regulations on Beaver Dam Wash and Xxxxxxxxx Reservoir to the Wildlife Board.

More Definitions of Dam

Dam means a barrier to confine or raise water for storage or diversion, to create a hydraulic head, to prevent gully erosion, or to retain soil, rock or other debris.

Dam means a land-based structure or a void that is designed to contain, divert or control flowable substances, and includes any substances that are thereby contained, diverted or controlled by that land-based structure or void and associated works. A dam does not mean a fabricated or manufactured tank or container, designed and constructed to an Australian Standard that deals with strength and structural integrity of that tank or container.

Dam means any accumulation or storage of water, whether natural or artificial;

Dam means Duggan Asset Management Limited trading as Duggan Asset Management and its successors, assigns and transferees. Duggan Asset Management Limited trading as Duggan Asset Management is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Dam means any artificial barrier together with appurtenant works which:

Dam means any artificial barrier, together with appurtenant works, which does or may impound or divert water, and which either (a) is 25 feet or more in height from the natural bed of the stream or watercourse at the downstream toe of the barrier, or from the lowest elevation of the outside limit of the barrier, if it is not across a stream, channel, or watercourse, to the maximum possible water storage elevation; or (b) has an impounding capacity of 50 acre-feet or more. Any such barrier which is not in excess of 6 feet in height, regardless of storage capacity, or which has a storage capacity not in excess of 15 acre-feet, regardless of height, shall not be considered a Dam. No obstruction in a canal used to raise or lower water therein or divert water there from, no levee, including but not limited to, a levee on the bed of a natural lake the primary purpose of which levee is to control floodwaters, no railroad fill or structure, no road or highway fill or structure, no tank constructed of steel or concrete or of a combination thereof, no tank elevated above the ground, no water or waste water treatment facility, and no barrier which is not across a stream channel, watercourse, or natural drainage area and which has the principal purpose of impounding water for agricultural use or storm water detention or water recharging or use as a sewage sludge drying facility shall be considered a Dam. In addition, no obstruction in the channel of a stream or watercourse which is 15 feet or less in height from the lowest elevation of the obstruction and which has the single purpose of spreading water within the bed of the stream or watercourse upstream from the construction for percolation underground shall be considered a Dam. Nor shall any impoundment constructed and utilized to hold treated water from a sewage treatment plant be considered a Dam. Nor shall any wastewater treatment or storage pond exempted from State regulations and supervision by Water Code Section 6025.5 be considered a Dam.

Dam or "damming" means any barrier made by humans, including appurtenant works, that impounds or diverts surface water. Damming means to impound water by means of a dam.