Definition of "dewatering" [dewatering]

• Present participle of dewater. (verb)
• Any of various techniques for the removal of water either from a solid, or from a structure. (noun)

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• "Water would have to be drained away from the site in perpetuity -- called dewatering -- to prevent copper and acid mine drainage into the surrounding streams where salmon, by the trillions, have spawned for thousands of years."
• "The additional money will allow a massive "dewatering" facility on the harbor to operate continuously eight months a year, instead of the 40 to 45 days it now runs."
• "Manila local government units (LGUs) in "dewatering" major roads and other areas left submerged by Typhoon 'Pepeng "dumps even half of the rains that Tropical water level of Laguna de Bay may break its all-time record of 14.62 meters"