WATER POWER

The power of water employed to move machinery, etc. A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water privilege.

Mechanical or electrical energy derived from running or falling water; originally obtained from a waterwheel immersed in a stream; modern hydroelectric power is obtained from turbines fed from reservoirs. | A site capable of generating power or the right to use a site to generate power. | The capacity to shoot water, as from a fire hose or squirt gun