water program
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Definition
- Noun: A project or coordinated set of activities designed to manage, develop, or improve a water resource for human benefit. This typically involves planning, construction, and policy aimed at making a body of water more useful for purposes such as supply, irrigation, flood control, recreation, or power generation.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The government launched a new water program to provide clean drinking water to rural villages.
- The regional water program includes building a new reservoir and upgrading the irrigation canals.
- Funding for the conservation water program was approved to restore the wetlands.
Advanced Usage
- "to implement a water program": To put a planned water project into action.
- It took five years to fully implement the state's comprehensive water program.
- "a federally-funded water program": A water project financed by the national government.
- The dam was constructed under a federally-funded water program.
Variants and Related Words
- Water project (n): A specific, often large-scale, undertaking within a broader water program, such as building a dam or a treatment plant.
- The new desalination plant is the largest water project in the country's history.
- Water management (n): The broader practice of controlling and distributing water resources, of which a water program is a part.
- Effective water management requires both good policy and infrastructure.
Synonyms
- Water scheme: A plan or project for water development (common in British English).
- Water initiative: A new or specific action or strategy within water resource management.
Related Phrases
- Water conservation program: A specific type of program focused on reducing water usage and waste.
- The city's water conservation program offers rebates for installing low-flow fixtures.
- Water quality program: A program focused on monitoring and improving the purity of water.
- The lake's recovery is due to a successful long-term water quality program.
Noun
- making an area of water more useful