Sentence examples for by constructing a spillway from inspiring English sources

It was dissected artificially by constructing a spillway (Fig. 7f).

As the dam has threatened tens of thousands people downstream, it was artificially breached by constructing a spillway to avoid the catastrophic dam-breach flood.

The dam was stabilized by constructing an artificially spillway shortly after the earthquake.

In his report he writes: "While constructing the spillway is undoubtedly an appropriate first step, a great deal more work is urgently required in terms of management of the hazard.

Constructing the spillway in dam's body is cost-effective comparing with the embankment dams that require using spillways in an abutment (Zarrin et al. 2016).

By the next month, Mr. Schroeder had constructed a prototype.

In 1963, a flood paralyzed the region, prompting Mao to construct a flood-control system of dams, reservoirs and concrete spillways.

A spillway step constructed at Włoclawek in 1968 initiated a series of improvements that continued through the 1980s.

Efforts to ameliorate flooding have historically centred on engineered solutions such as dredging rivers, building levees, and constructing spillways.

While the agency could have reduced the power output of hydroelectric dams by routing excess water through a spillway, doing so would violate the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, it said.

In some dams, the powerhouse is constructed on one flank of the dam, part of the dam being used as a spillway over which excess water is discharged in times of flood.