Glossary of Water Quality and Waste Management terms meanings

Glossary of Water Quality and Waste Management terms meanings

 

Activated Carbon Filter meaning Adsorption meaning Aerobic meaning Agri-chemical meaning Algal Bloom meaning Alkalinity meaning Ambient Monitoring meaning Anaerobic (Anoxic) meaning Aquifer meaning Artesian (Flowing) Aquifer meaning Assimilative Capacity meaning Available Nitrogen meaning Available Water meaning Background Level meaning Bacteria meaning Baler meaning Bentonite meaning Best Management Practice (BMP) meaning Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) meaning Biodegradeable meaning Black Water meaning Bottle Bill meaning BTX meaning Buffer Zone meaning Bulky Waste meaning Buy-Back Center meaning Carcinogen meaning Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) meaning Chlorination meaning Co-compositing meaning Coliform Bacteria meaning Commercial Waste meaning Commingled Recyclables meaning Compactor meaning Composting meaning Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) meaning Confined Aquifer meaning Contaminant meaning Corrosive meaning Corrugated meaning Curbside Collection meaning Deactivation meaning Decomposition meaning Decomposition meaning Decomposition Gases meaning Degradable meaning Denitrification meaning Dioxins meaning Discharge meaning Disposable meaning Dissolved Oxygen (DO) meaning Diversion Rate meaning Drawdown meaning Drop-off Center meaning Ecosystem meaning Effluent meaning Energy Recovery meaning Erosion meaning Escherichia coli (E. coli) meaning Eutrophication meaning Evapotranspiration (ET) meaning Explosive / Reactive meaning Formulation meaning Fumigant meaning Fungicide meaning Garbage meaning Geographic Information System meaning Giardiasis meaning Grey Water meaning Ground Water meaning Half-life meaning Hammermill meaning Hardness meaning Hazardous Waste meaning Head meaning Health Advisory (HA) meaning Heavy Metals meaning Herbicide meaning High Grade Paper meaning Household Hazardous Waste meaning Humus meaning Hydrologic Cycle meaning Hydrology meaning Hydrolysis meaning Ignitable meaning In-vessel Composting meaning Incinerator meaning Industrial Waste meaning Infiltration meaning Inorganic Chemicals meaning Insecticide meaning Institutional Waste meaning Integrated Solid Waste Management meaning Intermediate Processing Center (IPC) meaning Landfill meaning Leaching meaning Lethal Dose (LD) meaning Loading meaning Manual Separation meaning Mass Burn meaning Materials Market meaning Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) meaning Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) meaning Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) meaning Mechanical Separation meaning Metabolites meaning Methane meaning Mineral Water meaning Mineralization meaning Modular Incinerator meaning Most Probable Number (MPN) meaning Mulch meaning Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) meaning NIMBY meaning Nitrification meaning No Observeable Adverse Effect Level (NOAEL) meaning Nondischarge Systems meaning Nonpoint Source (NPS) Contamination meaning Nuisance Contaminant meaning Nutrient meaning Organic Compound meaning Oxygen Demand meaning Package Treatment Plant meaning Pathogen meaning Percolation meaning Permeability meaning Persistence meaning Pesticide meaning Photodegradeable meaning pH meaning Point-of-entry(POE) meaning Point-of-use meaning Point Source Contamination meaning Pollution meaning Polychlorinated Byphenyl (PCB) meaning Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) meaning Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) meaning Post-Consumer Recycling meaning Post-Consumer Waste meaning Potable meaning Primary Drinking Water Standards meaning Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) meaning Pyrolysis meaning Radon meaning Receiving Waters meaning Recharge meaning Recharge Area meaning Recyclables meaning Recycling meaning Refractory meaning Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) meaning Residential Waste meaning Residue meaning Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) meaning Resource Recovery meaning Reuse meaning Reverse Osmosis (RO) meaning Roll-off Container meaning Runoff meaning Safe Drinking Water Act(SDWA) meaning Salinity meaning Sanitary Landfill meaning Saturated Zone meaning Scavenger meaning Scrap meaning Scrubber meaning Secondary Drinking Water Standards meaning Secondary Material meaning Sediment meaning Septic Tank meaning Signal Word meaning Sludge meaning Softening meaning Soil Liner meaning Solid Waste Management meaning Solubility meaning Soluble meaning Solvent meaning Source Reduction meaning Source Separation meaning Special Waste meaning Static Water Level meaning Superfund meaning Tipping Fee meaning Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) meaning Toxic Substance (Toxicant) meaning Transfer Station meaning Transmissivity meaning Trash meaning Tub Grinder meaning Turbidity meaning Unconfined (Water Table) Aquifer meaning Unsaturated Zone meaning Vector meaning Virgin Material meaning Volatilization meaning Volume Reduction meaning Waste Exchange meaning Waste Stream meaning Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) meaning Water Table meaning Watershed (Drainage Basin) meaning Waterwall Incinerator meaning Wetlands meaning White Goods meaning Windrow meaning Yard Waste meaning Zoning meaning 

 

Glossary of Water Quality and Waste Management terms meanings

 

Glossary of Water Quality and Waste Management terms meanings

 

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Glossary of Water Quality and Waste Management terms meanings

 

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Glossary of Water Quality and Waste Management terms meanings