Water bars. Smooth, shallow ditches or depressional areas that are excavated at an angle across a sloping road. They are used to reduce the downward velocity of water and divert it off and away from the road surface. Water bars can easily be driven over if constructed properly.
Water use. (1) In a restrictive sense, this term refers to the withdrawal of water for a specific purpose, such as public supply, domestic use, irrigation, cooling of thermoelectric power plants, and industrial processing. (2) More broadly, the term pertains to the interaction of humans with and their influence on the hydrologic cycle and includes such elements as water withdrawal, delivery, consumptive use, wastewater release, reclaimed wastewater, return flow, and in-stream use.
Water withdrawal. Removal of water from the ground or diversion of surface water for a specific use.