: a gate for controlling the water flowing into a channel (such as an irrigation ditch)
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Seus agreed with DuVal that an ugly situation between the headgate demonstrators and the federal government would reflect poorly on the Klamath Basin.
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oregonlive, 4 June 2021
In April, Dan Nielsen and Grant Knoll bought property next to the irrigation canal headgate in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
—Rachel Ramirez, Lucy Kafanov and Leslie Perrot, CNN, 10 June 2021
When the lake level plummeted earlier this year, federal officials decided to shutter a headgate that has delivered water to communities around the basin since 1907.
—Rachel Ramirez, Lucy Kafanov and Leslie Perrot, CNN, 10 June 2021
When the screens are cleaned, a surge of water enters the canal causing headgate adjustments.
—Michael Kohn, oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2020
They have, however, been forced to hire field representatives who try to get neighbors to cooperate and who have authority to close the headgate if a neighborhood just lets the water run.
—Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
The team was training near a headgate on June 11 when one of the firefighters spotted a body in the water.
—Washington Post, 24 June 2019
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oregonlive, 4 June 2021
In April, Dan Nielsen and Grant Knoll bought property next to the irrigation canal headgate in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
—Rachel Ramirez, Lucy Kafanov and Leslie Perrot, CNN, 10 June 2021
When the lake level plummeted earlier this year, federal officials decided to shutter a headgate that has delivered water to communities around the basin since 1907.
—Rachel Ramirez, Lucy Kafanov and Leslie Perrot, CNN, 10 June 2021
When the screens are cleaned, a surge of water enters the canal causing headgate adjustments.
—Michael Kohn, oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2020
They have, however, been forced to hire field representatives who try to get neighbors to cooperate and who have authority to close the headgate if a neighborhood just lets the water run.
—Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
The team was training near a headgate on June 11 when one of the firefighters spotted a body in the water.
—Washington Post, 24 June 2019
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