Usually means: System for water supply management.
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  1. waterwork: Merriam-Webster
  2. waterwork: Wordnik
  3. waterwork: Wiktionary
  4. Waterwork, waterwork: Dictionary.com
  5. Waterwork: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. waterwork: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Waterwork: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. waterwork: FreeDictionary.org
  9. waterwork: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. Waterwork: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (waterwork)

noun:  (countable) A machine or mechanism for raising or carrying water.
noun:  (countable, art) A textile fabric used like tapestry.
noun:  (countable, uncountable) Some action or activity done on, in, or using water.
noun:  (uncountable, art) A style of painting executed in distemper or size, on canvas or a wall, intended to resemble a tapestry; (countable) such a painting.
noun:  Alternative form of waterworks
noun:  (historical) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
noun:  (construction, archaic) Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc.

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