water control

Regulating liquid movement

Water control is the management or regulation of water flow, level, or distribution.

The term appears in engineering contexts like dams, levees, and irrigation systems: The water control structure prevented flooding downstream.

It also covers broader resource management: Water control in the region has been contested for decades.

Related

watershed · aquifer · drought relief · flow · irrigation system · sluice gate · floodgate · desalination plant · erosion prevention · weir · catchment area · spillway · embankment · containment · valve · pumping station · rain barrel · aqueduct

Categories
Opposites
management vs. chaos

water controlflooding

Overwhelming water accumulation

deluge · overflow · inundation · drought · flood

human intervention vs. natural state

water controlwild rivers

Unregulated natural waterways

rewilding · dam removal

Family

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G