relift en · ADJ
Etymology
From re- + lift.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, qualifier:hydraulic engineering) Pertaining to a pumping system that raises the level of water that is flowing in a waterway.
Comparison of benefit/cost ratios of well and relift systems for tailwater recovery system in northeast Arkansas.
2004, Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science - Volume 58, page 28:The purpose of this wasteway is to provide for emergency waste in the canal in case of unscheduled shutdown of the relift pumping plant.
1985, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Lake Andes-Wagner Unit:The proposed Stanfield canal, Stanfield relift pump, and Stanfield relift canal and siphon features were not surveyed at this time because they cross irrigated croplands.
1988, Umatilla Basin Project, Planning Report: Environmental Impact Statement:A relift pump would then raise the water to another concrete-lined canal on compacted fill.
1962, George A. Lineer, Report on Proposed Westplains Water Storage District: