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The outlet provided in a dam body to release water for the downstream water demand is known as ______________________

(a) spillway

(b) sluiceway

(c) under-sluice

(d) waterway

The question was posed to me in a national level competition.

Question is taken from Dam Outlet in chapter Pressure Conduits, Outlet Works through Dams and Rivers of Irrigation Engineering

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Correct answer is (b) sluiceway

Easiest explanation: A sluiceway is a pipe or a tunnel that passes through the body of the dam or through some hillside at one end of the dam and discharges into the stream below. The sluiceways are preferred to place outside the limits of the embankments in case of spillways.

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