Water Control Structure

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030031",
  "term": "Water Control Structure",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Any device intended to alter or control the flow of a fluid. Typical control structures include, but are not limited to, weirs, dams and fabridams, combined sewer overflow regulators, culverts, gates and floodgates, levees, hydrobrakes and orifices, nozzles, down shafts, stand pipes, inlets and flow splitters. This term typically refers to structures used in the control of open-channel flow, but can also refer to controls of pressurized-fluid flows. Control structures are used to control flow in conduits, channels, tanks, basins, vessels, and natural water.\n\n2. Structure on a stream or canal that is used to regulate the flow or stage of the stream or to prevent the intrusion of saltwater.",
  "references": [
    "Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology",
    "USGS Water Resources Data"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/water-control-structure/"
}