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compensation waternoun [mass noun]Water supplied from a reservoir to a stream in time of drought.At present Wayoh Reservoir is used only for compensation water and has a yield equal to the amount of compensation water prescribed by Act of Parliament....- On my most recent visit to this fly-only water, with the help of the hydro's compensation water, I had two bright ten-pounders on the bank by midday and had lost twice as many.
- Owners of impounding reservoirs should also inform recreational bodies - including fishing, boating or canoeing clubs - of the expected pattern of compensation water discharges and, as far as possible, spillway flows to downstream water courses and the consequent effects on river flows and levels.
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