: a reservoir or canal from which water is taken to run equipment (such as a waterwheel or turbine)
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Some environmentalists have urged the state to redesign the reservoir and erect large screens that would prevent fish from being drawn into the forebay, but state water officials say that wouldn’t solve the problems.
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Water flows from the Delta through a series of gates into the shallow, 2-mile-wide forebay as a staging area for the pumps.
—Denis Cuff, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2017
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Water flows from the Delta through a series of gates into the shallow, 2-mile-wide forebay as a staging area for the pumps.
—Denis Cuff, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2017
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“Forebay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forebay. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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