Usually means: Storage of water for later use.
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  1. pondage: Merriam-Webster
  2. pondage: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pondage: Wordnik
  4. pondage: Wiktionary
  5. Pondage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Pondage: Science In Your Watershed: Hydrologic Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pondage)

▸ noun:  The small water storage behind the weir of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant.
▸ noun:  The water in a reservoir.

Similar:
afterbay, tailrace, feeder reservoir, pumphouse, dry pond, backwater, detention basin, dock, pound, pumping station, more...

Opposite:
drainage, outflow, discharge

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Similar:
afterbay, tailrace, feeder reservoir, pumphouse, dry pond, backwater, detention basin, dock, pound, pumping station, more...

Opposite:
drainage, outflow, discharge



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