Elephant Butte Irrigation District Terms

1. Waterway with a great water carrying capacity of 125+ cubic feet per second.
6. the quantity of water contained in a one foot cube.
12. The bank on your right-hand when facing downstream.
13. The addition of water to an aquifer by infiltration, either directly or indirectly.
14. Conveyance structure which is designed to be deeper in the ground than a culvert and is used to permit the crossing of the channel by minimizing the hump effect that is created whenever a culvert is used.
16. Waterway used to release excess water from a canal, feeder, or lateral, into a drain, another canal, feeder, lateral or back into the river. The main purpose is for emergencies and/or high flows of water.
17. one foot-depth over one acre of land. An acre-foot represents 43,560 cubic feet, and/or 325,829 gallons of water.
18. A structure located within the flow channel of the river in which its primary purpose is to divert river water into the canal system.
21. This is a means of measuring the flow of water in a given parameter at a given time.
22. Waterway with a carrying capacity of less than 125 cubic feet per second which is fed by a canal.
23. The bank on your left-hand side facing downstream.
25. The highest and safest point in any waterway that allows the water flow.

1. Conveyance structure that provides a means for the water to pass under a road or railroad.
2. This is a check used in conjunction to provide for a change in the bottom grade to a lower grade.
3. The bottom point of the bank slope whether on the outside of the bank or the inside.
4. A secondary system consists of laterals, wasteways, and drains.
5. consists of canals, feeders, and diversion dams. It can be compared to the major arteries and veins of the human circulatory system.
7. Gate structure, which allows the release of irrigation water from the canal, feeder, lateral to the adjacent lands or into another waterway.
8. Structure which conveys water over a channel or a waterway.
9. Water control structure used in a channel or waterway to purposely restrict the flow of water to provide adequate pressure so as to push water through the turnout which is responsible for the delivery of water to adjacent lands.
10. A waterway used to carry or convey ground water seepage or surface run-off to a down stream location.
11. Structure where water is introduced into a canal, feeder, or lateral.
15. An apparatus used to constantly measure the flow of water past a given point. The measurement is made on a graph and operates twenty-four hours a day.
19. Water that finds its way back to its source of supply.
20. 43,560 square feet or a square parcel of land 208 by 208 feet.
24. Waterway which is used to re-charge one canal from another canal.