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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Controls irrigation system to convey water to farms in assigned area, according to rights, or as instructed by WATER CONTROL SUPERVISOR (waterworks) or other officials, for irrigating fields and crops: Contacts water users to determine quantity of water needed, and time and duration of delivery. Computes and requisitions quantity of water required. Operates gates, checks, turnouts, and wasteways to regulate waterflow into canals and laterals (individual supply ditches). Measures or estimates diversions of water from canals and to water users, and calculates and records quantities delivered for use in computing charges to farmers. Patrols assigned area by foot, horseback, or motor vehicle to detect leaks, breaks, weak areas, or obstructions and damage to irrigation system. Removes debris and makes emergency repairs to banks, structures, gates, and canal roads. Fills holes and exterminates rodents. Writes reports and records daily deliveries, number of users, amount of water used, and other data required by law or company. May prepare reports on condition of system and equipment, and replacements or repairs needed. May supervise crew workers cleaning ditches, raising ditch banks, repairing concrete and wooden structures, erecting fences and gates, and other maintenance work after irrigating season has passed. May take annual crop census and make weed and other surveys. May patrol canal at night to determine that water is flowing in prescribed volume into users' ditches. (references) |
| Tends pumps that maintain level of water in boilers: Reads boiler gauges to ascertain need for water. Opens valves and starts boiler-feed water pumps to supply water, or adjusts controls to start pumps automatically when water level reaches specified point. Observes operation of pumps to detect malfunctions. Tests water to determine suitability for boiler use or obtains sample for laboratory analysis. Adds specified chemical to condition boiler water. May clean boilers. May tend evaporator to purify water. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | Halftone reproduction of a photograph, published in "Medal of Honor, 1861-1945, The Navy", page 158. Water Tender Bigelow was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat action on board USS Fletcher (DD-445) during the Corregidor operation, 14 February 1945. USS Bigelow (DD-942) was named in his honor. Credit: NAVY. |  | Obverse of a Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Chief Water Tender Peter Tomich for "extraordinary courage and disregard of his own safety" as USS Utah (AG-16) was sinking during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. See Photo # NH 95031-KN for a view of the reverse of this medal. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Reverse of a Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Chief Water Tender Peter Tomich for "extraordinary courage and disregard of his own safety" as USS Utah (AG-16) was sinking during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. See Photo # NH 95030-KN for a view of the obverse of this medal. Credit: NAVY. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "WATER TENDER": chief water tender. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
water tender | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "WATER TENDER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 給水車 (water wagon). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | きゅうすいしゃ (water wagon). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | aterway endertay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-n-r-r-t-t-w" | |
-2 letters: deterrent, dewaterer, entreated, retreated, treenware. | |
-3 letters: attendee, attender, edentate, nattered, rattened, rattener, reearned, rewetted, tenderer, tentered, wanderer. | |
-4 letters: dentate, detente, dewater, entered, enterer, entreat, ratteen, redrawn, redware, reenter, renewed, renewer, retread, retreat, tarweed, ternate, terrane, terreen, terrene, treader, treated, treater, tweeted, tweeter, watered, waterer. | |
-5 letters: anteed, ardent, attend, atween, darner, darter, dearer, deewan, derate. | |
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