In hydrologic terms, the taking of water from a stream or other body of water into a canal, pipe, or other conduit.
Drainage ditch to direct the flow of water runoff.
A channel with a supporting ridge on the lower side constructed across or at the bottom of a slope for the purpose of intercepting surface runoff.
artifical removal of water from a stream through pumping or gravity.
A ridge of earth, generally a terrace, built to protect downslope areas by diverting runoff from its natural course.
Stopping a shipment short of destination and diverting it to an alternate destination.
or Divert Removing water from its natural course or location, or controlling water in its natural course or location, by means of a water structure such as a ditch, pipeline, pump, reservoir, or well. The Colorado Water Conservation Board may appropriate instream flows without diversion, and local governmental agencies may make recreational in-channel diversions, under specified statutory procedures.
_ A temporal removing or turning of water from its natural channel.
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"
a code phrase for money diverted from wages to offset the cost of health care
a graded channel, constructed across the slope with a ridge running along its lower side
an element for which a portion of the inflow to the element is diverted out, and the remainder passes through
a permanently vegetated ridge constructed at the base of a slope to safely divert the runoff
a structure used to divert the water from its natural source
A channel designed to divert water from a body of water for purposes such as prevention of flooding, reduction of erosion, irrigation, or promotion of infiltration.
Minor charges are dropped, or stayed, if the accused person agrees to follow an individually tailored treatment plan. The Crown decides whether an accused person will be diverted. The defence counsel, duty counsel and court support worker can help a person look into the possibility of diversion.
surface water diverted for use from the resources of a surface water river basin for supply to both within-basin and external basin consumers.
Removal of water from its natural course or location by canal, pipe, or other conduit.
Used to increase the child's cooperation with what is needed to complete a medical experience or procedure without risking a loss of the child's trust in you. This non-invasive technique can help alter the perception of pain by diverting the mind to a more pleasurable experience.
A turning aside or alteration of the natural course of a flow of water, normally considered physically to leave the natural channel. In some States, this can be a consumptive use direct from a stream, such as by livestock watering. In other States, a diversion must consist of such actions as taking water through a canal or conduit.
Pre-prosecution probation made available to lesser offenders as an alternative to standard prosecution and sentencing. The court and the prosecutor jointly decide that the offender and society will be better served by diverting the offender into a program of rehabilitation instead of jail time.
groups fallacies which divert attention from the proposition at issue. The effect is the tendency to distract or shift the focus of the argument. Typically occurring within adversarial contexts, they include: straw man, ad hominem, guilt by association, and red herring. (Johnson & Blair, 1977, p. 34)
A channel constructed across the land slope to intercept surface runoff and to conduct it to an outlet.
The physical act of removing water from a stream or other body of surface water.
The transfer of water from a stream, lake, aquifer, or other source of water by a canal, pipe, well, or other conduit to another watercourse or to the land, as in the case of an irrigation system.
a program that allows the respondent/defendant charged with a less serious offense to be removed from the formal justice process and placed, or diverted, into an alternative program that does not create a permanent juvenile justice record.
A drainage depression or ditch built across a slope to intercept surface or subsurface runoff or to divert surface water from the slope.
A water diversion redirects a flow of water from its natural course. Diversions can either be open like a canal or ditch, or a closed like a pipeline. See also: Intake, Penstock, Tail Race, Trash Rack, Weir
A force vector is diverted as the result of the casual interaction of two or more vectors. The appropriate schema shows two colliding forces with a resultant change in force vectors.
The act of turning the natural course of water for use in other purposes.
A channel, embankment, or other man-made structure constructed to divert water from one area to another (USEPA, 1993).
A structural conveyance (or ditch) constructed across a slope to intercept runoff flowing down a hillside, and divert it to some convenient discharge point.
Transfer of water from one watershed to another.
(1) The change in character, location, direction, or quantity of flow of a natural drainage course (a deflection of flood water is not a diversion). (2) Draft of water from one channel to another. (3) Interception of runoff by works which discharge it through unnatural channels.
Water diverted from supply sources such as streams, lakes, reservoirs, springs or wells for a variety of uses including cropland irrigation and residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial purposes. This is often referred to as withdrawal.
Physical removal of surface water from a channel. Also the act of bringing water under control by means of a well, pump, or other device for delivery and distribution for a proposed use.
1. Use of part of a stream flow as water supply. 2. A channel with a supporting ridge on the lower side constructed across a slope to divert water at a non-erosive velocity to sites where it can be used and disposed of.