Piezometer

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Water

An instrument which measures pressure head or hydraulic pressures in a conduit or hydraulic pressures within the fill of an earth dam or the abutment; at the foundation because of seepage or soil compression; or on a flow surface of a spillway, gate, or valve.

Bureau of Reclamation — Bureau of Reclamation Glossary

An instrument for measuring pore water pressure within soil, rock or concrete.

State of Nevada, Division of Water Resources — Dam Safety - Glossary of Terms retrieved 2014-06-01

An instrument used to measure pressure head in a conduit, tank, soil, etc. They are used in dams to measure the level of saturation.

NWS — Service Hydrologist Reference Manual Glossary of Hydrologic Terms retrieved 2014-06-01

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Solar Energy

A nonpumping well, generally of small diameter, for measuring the elevation of a water table.

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) — Solar Energy Development PEIS Glossary retrieved 2014-06-15