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22:43 Mar 21, 2011

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Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / hydrology, water management

German term or phrase: Stauziellinie

Die Zone I umfaßt das Staubecken einschl. Vorbecken und den an die Stauziellinie angrenzenden Uferstreifen.

I'm pretty sure they mean how high the water level behind the dam is supposed to get, but what exactly is this called in English? Target watermark?

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English translation:Target storage level

Explanation:
Target storage level

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Heidi Smith
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Target storage level

Heidi Smith

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Defense threashold

Markus Heinrich

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Defense threashold

Explanation:
"The defense threshold (8) width amounts to particularly virtually 25 % of the rain water overflow basin (2) periphery"

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0924355.html

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Note added at 46 mins (2011-03-21 23:29:25 GMT)
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That should of course be " Threshold",

Markus Heinrich
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Target storage level

Explanation:
Target storage level

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Reference: http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/full_text_search/AllCRCDocs...
Reference: http://www.ess.co.at/MANUALS/WATERWARE/webreservoir.html

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Mar 22, 2011 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field	Other => Tech/Engineering
Field (specific)	Engineering (general) => Environment & Ecology

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