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INTAKE STRUCTURE [2 records]

Record 1 2007-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Collection (Water supply)
  • Public Utilities (Civil Engineering)
DEF

... a device or structure placed in a surface-water source to permit the withdrawal of water from this source. Types of intake structures consist of intake towers, submerged intakes, intake pipes or conduits, shore intakes, and floating or movable intakes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Captage des eaux
  • Services d'utilité publique (Génie civil)
DEF

Ouvrage permettant de puiser l'eau d'une rivière, d'un lac ou d'un réservoir afin de desservir une résidence ou un réseau.

CONT

Lorsque la source est une nappe d'eau souterraine, la prise d'eau est un puits. Dans une rivière, la prise est généralement latérale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Captación de agua
  • Servicios públicos (Ingeniería civil)
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Record 2 2000-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
DEF

A structure built at the head of an offtaking branch or distributary channel to control and admit regulated supplies into it from the parent canal.

CONT

One combination in border dyke irrigation is to place the center-of-pressure gate in the head ditch and the drop gate in the turnout.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
CONT

Une méthode employée dans le système d'irrigation des planches par levées consiste à placer la vanne à pression à la tête du fossé, et la vanne de chute dans la prise d'eau de distribution [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
  • Drenaje y riego (Agricultura)
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