WATERPOWER

waterpower. 1. The force obtained by converting water into energy. 2. The riparian owner’s right consisting of the fall in the stream as it passes over or through the riparian owner’s land; the difference of the level between the surface where the stream first touches one’s land and the surface where the water leaves the land. [Cases: Waters and Water Courses 42. C.J.S. Waters §§ 12–14, 20.]
[Blacks Law 8th]