揚よう水すい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

pumping water upward; water lifting

Technical and engineering term for raising water to a higher elevation, often for storage or irrigation. Used as a noun and with する.

• ダムに水みずを揚よう水すいして発はつ電でんに利り用ようする。

  Water is pumped up to the dam and used for power generation.

• この地ち域いきでは灌かん漑がいのために川かわから揚よう水すいしている。

  In this area, water is pumped from the river for irrigation.