Arquivos: Glossário

Water that has waste material in it.

Cleaning wastewater.

A facility containing a series of tanks, screens, filters, and other processes by which pollutants are removed from water. Most treatments include chlorination to attain safe drinking water standards.

A waterway used to drain excess irrigation water dumped from the irrigation delivery system.

A diagonal ditch or hump in a trail that diverts surface water runoff to minimize soil erosion.

Any significant accumulation of water.

An accounting of the inflow to, outflow from, and storage changes of water in a hydrologic unit.

An imaginary column extending through a water body from its floor to its surface.

Investigations of physical and chemical characteristics of surface water, which include suspended sediment, dissolved solids, major ions, and metals, nutrients, organic carbon, and dissolved pesticides, in relation to hydrologic conditions, sources, and transport.

An employee of the State Engineer charged with distributing water from its natural source to water right holders within an established distribution system.