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sluiceway

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Recent Examples of sluiceway Wilson’s New Freedom would open the sluiceways of competition by slashing tariffs, strengthening anti-trust laws and increasing access to credit. — Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018 The town has opened the floodgate to the dam draining the pond behind it and allowing Roaring Brook to flow freely downstream through a sluiceway. — Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 12 Apr. 2018 The breakwater was constructed with four sluiceways, or porthole-like tunnels, which allowed for greater circulation of ocean water. — Joshua Emerson Smith, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017

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The water flow is being managed at Canton Lake, and the Corps of Engineers said the goal is to have between 600 and 730 cubic feet of water per second leave through sluice gates during the greatest period of flow.

— Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 22 Sep. 2026
Dam Removal Europe found that the number of dams dismantled in 2025, along with other water-flow controls like weirs, culverts and sluices, grew by 11% from the year before.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 3 June 2026

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The Johnson County Sheriff's Office received a call around noon of two persons in the water near the Coralville Reservoir spillway at the nature reserve, which is roughly eight and a half miles north of Iowa City.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
The sheriff’s office said deputies responded shortly after noon Tuesday to a report of people in the water at Lake Macbride State Park near the Coralville Reservoir spillway.

— Kelsie Cairns , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of spillway

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This 59,000-acre floodway carries the river’s excess past the state capital.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Westcott said some of the subdivisions along the creek were built in the 1960s and 1970s when proper drainage was an afterthought and fences were installed in floodways.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

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