RESERVE PROTOCOLS

Any general, industry-specific and project-specific guidelines, protocols, and/or operating procedures, including but not limited to the Reserve’s General Reporting Protocols and the Program’s Operating Procedures, applicable to such use.

RESERVED RIGHTS

Category of federal water rights created when the federal government withdraws land from the public domain.

RESERVED RIGHTS DOCTRINE

Legal rule that states when the federal government reserves public lands for a particular purpose, such as a national park, forest or Indian reservation, it also reserves sufficient water to accomplish that purpose, sometimes called the Winters Doctrine.

RESERVOIR

Pond, lake or basin, either natural or artificial, for the storage, regulation and control of water.

RESERVOIR AREA

Surface area of a reservoir when filled to a given water elevation.

RESERVOIR STAGE

Measure of the depth or elevation of water in a reservoir relative to an established datum.

RESHORING

Reshoring is reversing the practice of offshore manufacture by re-introducing and supporting local manufacturing facilities and skills. The motivations for reshoring vary and range from rising labor costs overseas, shortening lead times, improving flexibility and responsiveness, through to easier control over supply chains that enables close overseeing of quality as well as social and environmental […]

RESIDUAL EMISSION

Greenhouse gas emission that remains after taking all possible actions to implement emissions reductions.