Definitions

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  • verb Present participle of dewater.
  • noun Any of various techniques for the removal of water either from a solid, or from a structure.

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Examples

  • Water would have to be drained away from the site in perpetuity -- called dewatering -- to prevent copper and acid mine drainage into the surrounding streams where salmon, by the trillions, have spawned for thousands of years.

    Joel Reynolds: Telling Rio Tinto To Stop the Mine in Bristol Bay Before It Starts Joel Reynolds 2011

  • Water would have to be drained away from the site in perpetuity -- called dewatering -- to prevent copper and acid mine drainage into the surrounding streams where salmon, by the trillions, have spawned for thousands of years.

    Joel Reynolds: Telling Rio Tinto To Stop the Mine in Bristol Bay Before It Starts Joel Reynolds 2011

  • The additional money will allow a massive "dewatering" facility on the harbor to operate continuously eight months a year, instead of the 40 to 45 days it now runs.

    Boston.com Most Popular 2009

  • Manila local government units (LGUs) in "dewatering" major roads and other areas left submerged by Typhoon 'Pepeng "dumps even half of the rains that Tropical water level of Laguna de Bay may break its all-time record of 14.62 meters

    WN.com - Articles related to IPhone helps Apple profit rise 47 pct; stock leaps 2009

  • Under the proposed Subtitle C, Galland states, "Necessary changes occur, such as creating federally-enforceable uniform standards for coal ash disposal, closing down and dewatering the ash sludge ponds, and requiring that companies prove they are financially capable of properly disposing of coal ash."

    Harmon Leon: Coal Ash: Let Your Voice Be Heard Harmon Leon 2010

  • “The assessment of human exposure to radionuclides from a uranium mill tailings release and mine dewatering effluent.”

    Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

  • Ron shouts up to Chris and Kathy that they are going to come in lower and this time drop a dewatering pump.

    OVERBOARD ! MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS 2010

  • My sister and I made the rounds with neighborhood Chinese restaurants, and Bess is loaded with a full tank of clean oil and another tank of oil on standby for dewatering and filtering.

    The road, at last | Radical Futures Project 2008

  • Ron shouts up to Chris and Kathy that they are going to come in lower and this time drop a dewatering pump.

    OVERBOARD ! MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS 2010

  • There is very little going on with milk fiber production, I have only seen one clothing company ever use it Machja in France, who explains the process post farmer: dewatering, skimming, and getting the protein to spin out the milk, and then they blend it with wool.

    Yearn Worthy Yarn Store: Knit For Brains 2008

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