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English translation: spring gauging station
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| 13:04 Jan 31, 2012 |
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|  Selected response from: Richard Hill Mexico Local time: 16:38 | ||||||
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| 4 | appraisal well |
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| 3 +1 | spring gauging station |
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| 3 | discharge (of the spring) |
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appraisal well Explanation: See earlier proz question http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/petroleum_eng_s... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2012-01-31 13:11:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The reference is to gas and oil but could possibly apply to water...??? |
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discharge (of the spring) Explanation: Surely, here, this word refers to the flow of water at the point where the water emerges, the latter being the more important idea. From the context, I take this to be a spring of mineral water. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(hydrosphere) |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1spring gauging station Explanation: Routledge Spanish Technical Dictioanry aforo m AGUA, INSTAL HIDRÁUL, PROD, TELECOM gaging (AmE), gauging (BrE), metering iii) the stations are only partially rated, with good low flow measurement but poor measurement of the mean flow (coded as P) or iv) the stations measuring spring flows where the topographic and groundwater catchments differ significantly (coded as S). Number of spring gauging stations : 15 http://www.ceh.ac.uk/products/publications/documents/IH108_L... See other examples: http://tiny.cc/w3x9s |
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