A water wheel is a machine for converting falling or flowing water into useful power.

Water wheel or Waterwheel may also refer to:

  • Paddle steamer, or paddle wheel ship, a ship driven by a paddle wheel or wheels in the water
  • Noria, a machine for lifting water into an aqueduct
  • Watermill, a factory or industrial process driven by water power
  • Waterwheel plant, common name for the plant Aldrovanda vesiculosa
  • "Waterwheel", a composition by Ralph Towner from his 1978 album Batik
  • The WaterWheel Foundation, a charitable organization for the band Phish

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