Faster access than browser!
218 relations: Acid, Acid mine drainage, Agricultural pollution, Agricultural wastewater treatment, Algal bloom, Ammonia, Anaerobic lagoon, Analytical chemistry, Anoxic waters, Antidepressant, Aquatic ecosystem, Aquatic toxicology, Aquifer, Atmosphere, Bay, Best management practice for water pollution, Bioassay, Biochemical oxygen demand, Biocoenosis, Biodiversity, Bioindicator, Biological pest control, Bioretention, Biosurvey, Body of water, Burkholderia pseudomallei, Cadmium, Calcium, Chemical compound, Chemical oxygen demand, Chemical substance, Chemical waste, Chloroform, Clean Water Act, Cogeneration, Coliform bacteria, Combined sewer, Combustion, Compost, Concentration, Constructed wetland, Contamination, Contour plowing, Convection, Coolant, Cooling pond, Cooling tower, Copepod, Cosmetics, Creosote, ..., Crop residue, Crop rotation, Crustacean, Cryptosporidium parvum, Dense non-aqueous phase liquid, Deposition (aerosol physics), Detergent, Developed country, Developing country, Diesel fuel, Discharge (hydrology), Disinfectant, Disinfection by-product, Ditch, Drinking water, Drug pollution, Ecosystem, Electrical resistivity and conductivity, Environmental degradation, Environmental engineering, Erosion control, Estuary, Eutrophication, Evaporation, Factory, Fertilizer, Field (agriculture), Food chain, Food processing, Food waste, Fuel oil, Gasoline, Giardia lamblia, Gill, Green infrastructure, Green roof, Groundwater, Groundwater pollution, Halocarbon, Heat transfer, Heavy metals, Helminths, Herbicide, Human feces, Human impact on the environment, Hydraulic fracturing, Hydraulics, Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Hydroseeding, Hygiene, Improved sanitation, In situ, India, Indicator bacteria, Industrial wastewater treatment, Infiltration basin, Infrastructure, Inorganic compound, Insecticide, Intake fraction, Integrated pest management, Intensive animal farming, Irrigation, Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, Lake, Leachate, Low-impact development (U.S. and Canada), Manganese, Manure, Marine debris, Marine pollution, Medication, Mercury (element), Metabolite, Microorganism, Microplastics, Molecule, Motor vehicle, Mulch, Nature-based solutions, Nitrate, Nitrogen, Nonpoint source pollution, Norovirus, Nutrient, Nutrient management, Nutrient pollution, Ocean gyre, Open defecation, Oral contraceptive pill, Organic compound, Organochloride, Oxygen, Parking lot, Pathogen, Perchlorate, Perennial plant, Pesticide, Petroleum, PH, Phosphate, Phosphorus, Photosynthesis, Pit latrine, Plastic, Plastic pollution, Plumbing, Pollution, Pollution prevention, Polychlorinated biphenyl, Power station, Primary production, Public health, Radiation, Regulation, Retention basin, Riparian buffer, River, Salmonella, Sanitary sewer overflow, Sanitation, Schistosoma, Sediment, Sediment basin, Sediment control, Septic tank, Sewage, Sewage treatment, Shipwreck, Silt, Silt fence, Slash-and-burn, Slurry, Sodium, Soil, Solvent, Species, Storm drain, Stormwater, Straw, Sulfur dioxide, Surface runoff, Surface water, Thermal pollution, Thermophile, Total suspended solids, Toxicity, Trichloroethylene, Trophic state index, Turbidity, United States, United States regulation of point source water pollution, Urban runoff, Volatile organic compound, Volcano, Vortex, Waste, Waste heat, Wastewater, Wastewater treatment, Water quality, Water resource policy, Water resources of China, Waterborne diseases, Wetland, Wildlife, Zinc. Expand index (168 more) »
Acid
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of donating a hydron (proton or hydrogen ion H+), or, alternatively, capable of forming a covalent bond with an electron pair (a Lewis acid).
New!!: Water pollution and Acid · See more »
Acid mine drainage
Acid mine drainage, acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD), or acid rock drainage (ARD) is the outflow of acidic water from metal mines or coal mines.
New!!: Water pollution and Acid mine drainage · See more »
Agricultural pollution
Agricultural pollution refers to biotic and abiotic byproducts of farming practices that result in contamination or degradation of the environment and surrounding ecosystems, and/or cause injury to humans and their economic interests.
New!!: Water pollution and Agricultural pollution · See more »
Agricultural wastewater treatment
Agricultural wastewater treatment is a farm management agenda for controlling pollution from surface runoff that may be contaminated by chemicals in fertiliser, pesticides, animal slurry, crop residues or irrigation water.
New!!: Water pollution and Agricultural wastewater treatment · See more »
Algal bloom
An algal bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in freshwater or marine water systems, and is recognized by the discoloration in the water from their pigments.
New!!: Water pollution and Algal bloom · See more »
Ammonia
Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3.
New!!: Water pollution and Ammonia · See more »
Anaerobic lagoon
An anaerobic lagoon or manure lagoon is a man-made outdoor earthen basin filled with animal waste that undergoes anaerobic respiration as part of a system designed to manage and treat refuse created by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).
New!!: Water pollution and Anaerobic lagoon · See more »
Analytical chemistry
Analytical chemistry studies and uses instruments and methods used to separate, identify, and quantify matter.
New!!: Water pollution and Analytical chemistry · See more »
Anoxic waters
Anoxic waters are areas of sea water, fresh water, or groundwater that are depleted of dissolved oxygen and are a more severe condition of hypoxia.
New!!: Water pollution and Anoxic waters · See more »
Antidepressant
Antidepressants are drugs used for the treatment of major depressive disorder and other conditions, including dysthymia, anxiety disorders, obsessive–compulsive disorder, eating disorders, chronic pain, neuropathic pain and, in some cases, dysmenorrhoea, snoring, migraine, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), addiction, dependence, and sleep disorders.
New!!: Water pollution and Antidepressant · See more »
Aquatic ecosystem
An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem in a body of water.
New!!: Water pollution and Aquatic ecosystem · See more »
Aquatic toxicology
Aquatic toxicology is the study of the effects of manufactured chemicals and other anthropogenic and natural materials and activities on aquatic organisms at various levels of organization, from subcellular through individual organisms to communities and ecosystems.
New!!: Water pollution and Aquatic toxicology · See more »
Aquifer
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt).
New!!: Water pollution and Aquifer · See more »
Atmosphere
An atmosphere is a layer or a set of layers of gases surrounding a planet or other material body, that is held in place by the gravity of that body.
New!!: Water pollution and Atmosphere · See more »
Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay.
New!!: Water pollution and Bay · See more »
Best management practice for water pollution
Best management practices (BMP) is a term used in the United States and Canada to describe a type of water pollution control.
New!!: Water pollution and Best management practice for water pollution · See more »
Bioassay
A bioassay is an analytical method to determine concentration or potency of a substance by its effect on living cells or tissues.
New!!: Water pollution and Bioassay · See more »
Biochemical oxygen demand
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD, also called Biological Oxygen Demand) is the amount of dissolved oxygen needed (i.e. demanded) by aerobic biological organisms to break down organic material present in a given water sample at certain temperature over a specific time period.
New!!: Water pollution and Biochemical oxygen demand · See more »
Biocoenosis
A biocenosis (UK English, biocoenosis, also biocenose, biocoenose, biotic community, biological community, ecological community, life assemblage) coined by Karl Möbius in 1877, describes the interacting organisms living together in a habitat (biotope).
New!!: Water pollution and Biocoenosis · See more »
Biodiversity
Biodiversity, a portmanteau of biological (life) and diversity, generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth.
New!!: Water pollution and Biodiversity · See more »
Bioindicator
A bioindicator is any species (an indicator species) or group of species whose function, population, or status can reveal the qualitative status of the environment.
New!!: Water pollution and Bioindicator · See more »
Biological pest control
Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests such as insects, mites, weeds and plant diseases using other organisms.
New!!: Water pollution and Biological pest control · See more »
Bioretention
Bioretention is the process in which contaminants and sedimentation are removed from stormwater runoff.
New!!: Water pollution and Bioretention · See more »
Biosurvey
A biosurvey, or biological survey, is a scientific study of organisms to assess the condition of an ecological resource, such as a water body.
New!!: Water pollution and Biosurvey · See more »
Body of water
A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface.
New!!: Water pollution and Body of water · See more »
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Burkholderia pseudomallei (also known as Pseudomonas pseudomallei) is a Gram-negative, bipolar, aerobic, motile rod-shaped bacterium.
New!!: Water pollution and Burkholderia pseudomallei · See more »
Cadmium
Cadmium is a chemical element with symbol Cd and atomic number 48.
New!!: Water pollution and Cadmium · See more »
Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element with symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
New!!: Water pollution and Calcium · See more »
Chemical compound
A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) composed of atoms from more than one element held together by chemical bonds.
New!!: Water pollution and Chemical compound · See more »
Chemical oxygen demand
In environmental chemistry, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) is an indicative measure of the amount of oxygen that can be consumed by reactions in a measured solution.
New!!: Water pollution and Chemical oxygen demand · See more »
Chemical substance
A chemical substance, also known as a pure substance, is a form of matter that consists of molecules of the same composition and structure.
New!!: Water pollution and Chemical substance · See more »
Chemical waste
Chemical waste is a waste that is made from harmful chemicals (mostly produced by large factories).
New!!: Water pollution and Chemical waste · See more »
Chloroform
Chloroform, or trichloromethane, is an organic compound with formula CHCl3.
New!!: Water pollution and Chloroform · See more »
Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution.
New!!: Water pollution and Clean Water Act · See more »
Cogeneration
Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time.
New!!: Water pollution and Cogeneration · See more »
Coliform bacteria
Coliform bacteria are defined as rod-shaped Gram-negative non-spore forming and motile or non-motile bacteria which can ferment lactose with the production of acid and gas when incubated at 35–37°C.
New!!: Water pollution and Coliform bacteria · See more »
Combined sewer
A combined sewer is a sewage collection system of pipes and tunnels designed to also collect surface runoff.
New!!: Water pollution and Combined sewer · See more »
Combustion
Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.
New!!: Water pollution and Combustion · See more »
Compost
Compost is organic matter that has been decomposed in a process called composting.
New!!: Water pollution and Compost · See more »
Concentration
In chemistry, concentration is the abundance of a constituent divided by the total volume of a mixture.
New!!: Water pollution and Concentration · See more »
Constructed wetland
A constructed wetland (CW) is an artificial wetland to treat municipal or industrial wastewater, greywater or stormwater runoff.
New!!: Water pollution and Constructed wetland · See more »
Contamination
Contamination is the presence of an unwanted constituent, contaminant or impurity in a material, physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc.
New!!: Water pollution and Contamination · See more »
Contour plowing
Contour plowing or contour farming or Contour ploughing is the farming practice of plowing and or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines.
New!!: Water pollution and Contour plowing · See more »
Convection
Convection is the heat transfer due to bulk movement of molecules within fluids such as gases and liquids, including molten rock (rheid).
New!!: Water pollution and Convection · See more »
Coolant
A coolant is a substance, typically liquid or gas, that is used to reduce or regulate the temperature of a system.
New!!: Water pollution and Coolant · See more »
Cooling pond
A cooling pond is a man-made body of water primarily formed for the purpose of supplying cooling water to a nearby power plant or industrial facility such as a petroleum refinery, pulp and paper mill, chemical plant, steel mill or smelter.
New!!: Water pollution and Cooling pond · See more »
Cooling tower
A cooling tower is a heat rejection device that rejects waste heat to the atmosphere through the cooling of a water stream to a lower temperature.
New!!: Water pollution and Cooling tower · See more »
Copepod
Copepods (meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat.
New!!: Water pollution and Copepod · See more »
Cosmetics
Cosmetics are substances or products used to enhance or alter the appearance of the face or fragrance and texture of the body.
New!!: Water pollution and Cosmetics · See more »
Creosote
Creosote is a category of carbonaceous chemicals formed by the distillation of various tars and pyrolysis of plant-derived material, such as wood or fossil fuel.
New!!: Water pollution and Creosote · See more »
Crop residue
There are two types of agricultural crop residues.
New!!: Water pollution and Crop residue · See more »
Crop rotation
Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons.
New!!: Water pollution and Crop rotation · See more »
Crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.
New!!: Water pollution and Crustacean · See more »
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cryptosporidium parvum is one of several species that cause cryptosporidiosis, a parasitic disease of the mammalian intestinal tract.
New!!: Water pollution and Cryptosporidium parvum · See more »
Dense non-aqueous phase liquid
A dense non-aqueous phase liquid or DNAPL is a denser-than-water NAPL, i.e. a liquid that is both denser than water and is immiscible in or does not dissolve in water.
New!!: Water pollution and Dense non-aqueous phase liquid · See more »
Deposition (aerosol physics)
In aerosol physics, deposition is the process by which aerosol particles collect or deposit themselves on solid surfaces, decreasing the concentration of the particles in the air.
New!!: Water pollution and Deposition (aerosol physics) · See more »
Detergent
A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleaning properties in dilute solutions.
New!!: Water pollution and Detergent · See more »
Developed country
A developed country, industrialized country, more developed country, or "more economically developed country" (MEDC), is a sovereign state that has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations.
New!!: Water pollution and Developed country · See more »
Developing country
A developing country (or a low and middle income country (LMIC), less developed country, less economically developed country (LEDC), underdeveloped country) is a country with a less developed industrial base and a low Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.
New!!: Water pollution and Developing country · See more »
Diesel fuel
Diesel fuel in general is any liquid fuel used in diesel engines, whose fuel ignition takes place, without any spark, as a result of compression of the inlet air mixture and then injection of fuel.
New!!: Water pollution and Diesel fuel · See more »
Discharge (hydrology)
In hydrology, discharge is the volumetric flow rate of water that is transported through a given cross-sectional area.
New!!: Water pollution and Discharge (hydrology) · See more »
Disinfectant
Disinfectants are antimicrobial agents that are applied to the surface of non-living objects to destroy microorganisms that are living on the objects.
New!!: Water pollution and Disinfectant · See more »
Disinfection by-product
Disinfection by-products (DBPs) result from chemical reactions between organic and inorganic matter in water with chemical treatment agents during the water disinfection process.
New!!: Water pollution and Disinfection by-product · See more »
Ditch
A ditch is a small to moderate depression created to channel water.
New!!: Water pollution and Ditch · See more »
Drinking water
Drinking water, also known as potable water, is water that is safe to drink or to use for food preparation.
New!!: Water pollution and Drinking water · See more »
Drug pollution
Drug pollution or pharmaceutical pollution is pollution of the environment with pharmaceutical drugs and their metabolites, which reach the aquatic environment (groundwater, rivers, lakes, and oceans) through wastewater.
New!!: Water pollution and Drug pollution · See more »
Ecosystem
An ecosystem is a community made up of living organisms and nonliving components such as air, water, and mineral soil.
New!!: Water pollution and Ecosystem · See more »
Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Electrical resistivity (also known as resistivity, specific electrical resistance, or volume resistivity) is a fundamental property that quantifies how strongly a given material opposes the flow of electric current.
New!!: Water pollution and Electrical resistivity and conductivity · See more »
Environmental degradation
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution.
New!!: Water pollution and Environmental degradation · See more »
Environmental engineering
Environmental engineering system is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of scientific and engineering principles for protection of human populations from the effects of adverse environmental factors; protection of environments, both local and global, from potentially deleterious effects of natural and human activities; and improvement of environmental quality.
New!!: Water pollution and Environmental engineering · See more »
Erosion control
Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development, coastal areas, river banks and construction.
New!!: Water pollution and Erosion control · See more »
Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
New!!: Water pollution and Estuary · See more »
Eutrophication
Eutrophication (from Greek eutrophos, "well-nourished"), or hypertrophication, is when a body of water becomes overly enriched with minerals and nutrients that induce excessive growth of plants and algae.
New!!: Water pollution and Eutrophication · See more »
Evaporation
Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gaseous phase before reaching its boiling point.
New!!: Water pollution and Evaporation · See more »
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another.
New!!: Water pollution and Factory · See more »
Fertilizer
A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English; see spelling differences) is any material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is applied to soils or to plant tissues to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants.
New!!: Water pollution and Fertilizer · See more »
Field (agriculture)
In agriculture, a field is an area of land, enclosed or otherwise, used for agricultural purposes such as cultivating crops or as a paddock or other enclosure for livestock.
New!!: Water pollution and Field (agriculture) · See more »
Food chain
A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or trees which use radiation from the Sun to make their food) and ending at apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivores (like earthworms or woodlice), or decomposer species (such as fungi or bacteria).
New!!: Water pollution and Food chain · See more »
Food processing
Food processing is the transformation of cooked ingredients, by physical or chemical means into food, or of food into other forms.
New!!: Water pollution and Food processing · See more »
Food waste
Food waste or food loss is food that is discarded or lost uneaten.
New!!: Water pollution and Food waste · See more »
Fuel oil
Fuel oil (also known as heavy oil, marine fuel or furnace oil) is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue.
New!!: Water pollution and Fuel oil · See more »
Gasoline
Gasoline (American English), or petrol (British English), is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
New!!: Water pollution and Gasoline · See more »
Giardia lamblia
Giardia lamblia, also known as Giardia intestinalis, is a flagellated parasite that colonizes and reproduces in the small intestine, causing giardiasis.
New!!: Water pollution and Giardia lamblia · See more »
Gill
A gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide.
New!!: Water pollution and Gill · See more »
Green infrastructure
Green Infrastructure or blue-green infrastructure is a network providing the “ingredients” for solving urban and climatic challenges by building with nature.
New!!: Water pollution and Green infrastructure · See more »
Green roof
A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane.
New!!: Water pollution and Green roof · See more »
Groundwater
Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.
New!!: Water pollution and Groundwater · See more »
Groundwater pollution
Groundwater pollution (also called groundwater contamination) occurs when pollutants are released to the ground and make their way down into groundwater.
New!!: Water pollution and Groundwater pollution · See more »
Halocarbon
Halocarbon compounds are chemicals in which one or more carbon atoms are linked by covalent bonds with one or more halogen atoms (fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine –) resulting in the formation of organofluorine compounds, organochlorine compounds, organobromine compounds, and organoiodine compounds.
New!!: Water pollution and Halocarbon · See more »
Heat transfer
Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems.
New!!: Water pollution and Heat transfer · See more »
Heavy metals
Heavy metals are generally defined as metals with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers.
New!!: Water pollution and Heavy metals · See more »
Helminths
Helminths, also commonly known as parasitic worms, are large multicellular parasites, which can generally be seen with the naked eye when they are mature.
New!!: Water pollution and Helminths · See more »
Herbicide
Herbicides, also commonly known as weedkillers, are chemical substances used to control unwanted plants.
New!!: Water pollution and Herbicide · See more »
Human feces
Human feces (or faeces in British English; fæx) are the solid or semisolid remains of the food that could not be digested or absorbed in the small intestine, but has been rotted down by bacteria in the large intestine.
New!!: Water pollution and Human feces · See more »
Human impact on the environment
Human impact on the environment or anthropogenic impact on the environment includes changes to biophysical environments and ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources caused directly or indirectly by humans, including global warming, environmental degradation (such as ocean acidification), mass extinction and biodiversity loss, ecological crises, and ecological collapse.
New!!: Water pollution and Human impact on the environment · See more »
Hydraulic fracturing
Hydraulic fracturing (also fracking, fraccing, frac'ing, hydrofracturing or hydrofracking) is a well stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a pressurized liquid.
New!!: Water pollution and Hydraulic fracturing · See more »
Hydraulics
Hydraulics (from Greek: Υδραυλική) is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids.
New!!: Water pollution and Hydraulics · See more »
Hydrogeology
Hydrogeology (hydro- meaning water, and -geology meaning the study of the Earth) is the area of geology that deals with the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earth's crust (commonly in aquifers).
New!!: Water pollution and Hydrogeology · See more »
Hydrology
Hydrology is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources and environmental watershed sustainability.
New!!: Water pollution and Hydrology · See more »
Hydroseeding
Hydroseeding (or hydraulic mulch seeding, hydro-mulching, hydraseeding) is a planting process that uses a slurry of seed and mulch.
New!!: Water pollution and Hydroseeding · See more »
Hygiene
Hygiene is a set of practices performed to preserve health.
New!!: Water pollution and Hygiene · See more »
Improved sanitation
Improved sanitation is a term used to categorize types or levels of sanitation for monitoring purposes.
New!!: Water pollution and Improved sanitation · See more »
In situ
In situ (often not italicized in English) is a Latin phrase that translates literally to "on site" or "in position".
New!!: Water pollution and In situ · See more »
India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
New!!: Water pollution and India · See more »
Indicator bacteria
Indicator bacteria are types of bacteria used to detect and estimate the level of fecal contamination of water.
New!!: Water pollution and Indicator bacteria · See more »
Industrial wastewater treatment
Industrial wastewater treatment describes the processes used for treating wastewater that is produced by industries as an undesirable by-product.
New!!: Water pollution and Industrial wastewater treatment · See more »
Infiltration basin
An infiltration basin (also known as a recharge basin or in some areas, a sump or percolation pond), is a type of best management practice (BMP) that is used to manage stormwater runoff, prevent flooding and downstream erosion, and improve water quality in an adjacent river, stream, lake or bay.
New!!: Water pollution and Infiltration basin · See more »
Infrastructure
Infrastructure is the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or other area, including the services and facilities necessary for its economy to function.
New!!: Water pollution and Infrastructure · See more »
Inorganic compound
An inorganic compound is typically a chemical compound that lacks C-H bonds, that is, a compound that is not an organic compound, but the distinction is not defined or even of particular interest.
New!!: Water pollution and Inorganic compound · See more »
Insecticide
Insecticides are substances used to kill insects.
New!!: Water pollution and Insecticide · See more »
Intake fraction
Intake fraction is a measurement of pollution and it can be used in the determination of the environmental health impact of a pollutant source.
New!!: Water pollution and Intake fraction · See more »
Integrated pest management
Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as integrated pest control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates practices for economic control of pests.
New!!: Water pollution and Integrated pest management · See more »
Intensive animal farming
Intensive animal farming or industrial livestock production, also known as factory farming, is a production approach towards farm animals in order to maximize production output, while minimizing production costs.
New!!: Water pollution and Intensive animal farming · See more »
Irrigation
Irrigation is the application of controlled amounts of water to plants at needed intervals.
New!!: Water pollution and Irrigation · See more »
Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation
The Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation by WHO and UNICEF is the official United Nations mechanism tasked with monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal Number 6 (SDG6) since 2016.
New!!: Water pollution and Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation · See more »
Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.
New!!: Water pollution and Lake · See more »
Leachate
A leachate is any liquid that, in the course of passing through matter, extracts soluble or suspended solids, or any other component of the material through which it has passed.
New!!: Water pollution and Leachate · See more »
Low-impact development (U.S. and Canada)
Low-impact development (LID) is a term used in Canada and the United States to describe a land planning and engineering design approach to manage stormwater runoff as part of green infrastructure.
New!!: Water pollution and Low-impact development (U.S. and Canada) · See more »
Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element with symbol Mn and atomic number 25.
New!!: Water pollution and Manganese · See more »
Manure
Manure is organic matter, mostly derived from animal feces except in the case of green manure, which can be used as organic fertilizer in agriculture.
New!!: Water pollution and Manure · See more »
Marine debris
Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a lake, sea, ocean or waterway.
New!!: Water pollution and Marine debris · See more »
Marine pollution
Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful, effects result from the entry into the ocean of chemicals, particles, industrial, agricultural, and residential waste, noise, or the spread of invasive organisms.
New!!: Water pollution and Marine pollution · See more »
Medication
A medication (also referred to as medicine, pharmaceutical drug, or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
New!!: Water pollution and Medication · See more »
Mercury (element)
Mercury is a chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80.
New!!: Water pollution and Mercury (element) · See more »
Metabolite
A metabolite is the intermediate end product of metabolism.
New!!: Water pollution and Metabolite · See more »
Microorganism
A microorganism, or microbe, is a microscopic organism, which may exist in its single-celled form or in a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from 6th century BC India and the 1st century BC book On Agriculture by Marcus Terentius Varro. Microbiology, the scientific study of microorganisms, began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. In the 1850s, Louis Pasteur found that microorganisms caused food spoilage, debunking the theory of spontaneous generation. In the 1880s Robert Koch discovered that microorganisms caused the diseases tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax. Microorganisms include all unicellular organisms and so are extremely diverse. Of the three domains of life identified by Carl Woese, all of the Archaea and Bacteria are microorganisms. These were previously grouped together in the two domain system as Prokaryotes, the other being the eukaryotes. The third domain Eukaryota includes all multicellular organisms and many unicellular protists and protozoans. Some protists are related to animals and some to green plants. Many of the multicellular organisms are microscopic, namely micro-animals, some fungi and some algae, but these are not discussed here. They live in almost every habitat from the poles to the equator, deserts, geysers, rocks and the deep sea. Some are adapted to extremes such as very hot or very cold conditions, others to high pressure and a few such as Deinococcus radiodurans to high radiation environments. Microorganisms also make up the microbiota found in and on all multicellular organisms. A December 2017 report stated that 3.45 billion year old Australian rocks once contained microorganisms, the earliest direct evidence of life on Earth. Microbes are important in human culture and health in many ways, serving to ferment foods, treat sewage, produce fuel, enzymes and other bioactive compounds. They are essential tools in biology as model organisms and have been put to use in biological warfare and bioterrorism. They are a vital component of fertile soils. In the human body microorganisms make up the human microbiota including the essential gut flora. They are the pathogens responsible for many infectious diseases and as such are the target of hygiene measures.
New!!: Water pollution and Microorganism · See more »
Microplastics
Microplastics are small pieces of plastic that pollute the environment.
New!!: Water pollution and Microplastics · See more »
Molecule
A molecule is an electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.
New!!: Water pollution and Molecule · See more »
Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle is a self-propelled vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails, such as trains or trams and used for the transportation of passengers, or passengers and property.
New!!: Water pollution and Motor vehicle · See more »
Mulch
A mulch is a layer of material applied to the surface of soil.
New!!: Water pollution and Mulch · See more »
Nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS or NbS) refers to the sustainable management and use of nature for tackling environmental and societal challenges.
New!!: Water pollution and Nature-based solutions · See more »
Nitrate
Nitrate is a polyatomic ion with the molecular formula and a molecular mass of 62.0049 u.
New!!: Water pollution and Nitrate · See more »
Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7.
New!!: Water pollution and Nitrogen · See more »
Nonpoint source pollution
Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is a term used to describe pollution resulting from many diffuse sources, in direct contrast to point source pollution which results from a single source.
New!!: Water pollution and Nonpoint source pollution · See more »
Norovirus
Norovirus, sometimes referred to as the winter vomiting bug, is the most common cause of gastroenteritis.
New!!: Water pollution and Norovirus · See more »
Nutrient
A nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce.
New!!: Water pollution and Nutrient · See more »
Nutrient management
Nutrient management is the science and practice directed to link soil, crop, weather, and hydrologic factors with cultural, irrigation, and soil and water conservation practices to achieve optimal nutrient use efficiency, crop yields, crop quality, and economic returns, while reducing off-site transport of nutrients (fertilizer) that may impact the environment.
New!!: Water pollution and Nutrient management · See more »
Nutrient pollution
Nutrient pollution, a form of water pollution, refers to contamination by excessive inputs of nutrients.
New!!: Water pollution and Nutrient pollution · See more »
Ocean gyre
In oceanography, a gyre is any large system of circulating ocean currents, particularly those involved with large wind movements.
New!!: Water pollution and Ocean gyre · See more »
Open defecation
Open defecation is the human practice of defecating outside (in the open environment) rather than into a toilet.
New!!: Water pollution and Open defecation · See more »
Oral contraceptive pill
Oral contraceptives, abbreviated OCPs, also known as birth control pills, are medications taken by mouth for the purpose of birth control.
New!!: Water pollution and Oral contraceptive pill · See more »
Organic compound
In chemistry, an organic compound is generally any chemical compound that contains carbon.
New!!: Water pollution and Organic compound · See more »
Organochloride
An organochloride, organochlorine compound, chlorocarbon, or chlorinated hydrocarbon is an organic compound containing at least one covalently bonded atom of chlorine that has an effect on the chemical behavior of the molecule.
New!!: Water pollution and Organochloride · See more »
Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8.
New!!: Water pollution and Oxygen · See more »
Parking lot
A parking lot (American English) or car park (British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area that is intended for parking vehicles.
New!!: Water pollution and Parking lot · See more »
Pathogen
In biology, a pathogen (πάθος pathos "suffering, passion" and -γενής -genēs "producer of") or a '''germ''' in the oldest and broadest sense is anything that can produce disease; the term came into use in the 1880s.
New!!: Water pollution and Pathogen · See more »
Perchlorate
A perchlorate is the name for a chemical compound containing the perchlorate ion,.
New!!: Water pollution and Perchlorate · See more »
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.
New!!: Water pollution and Perennial plant · See more »
Pesticide
Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests, including weeds.
New!!: Water pollution and Pesticide · See more »
Petroleum
Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.
New!!: Water pollution and Petroleum · See more »
PH
In chemistry, pH is a logarithmic scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution.
New!!: Water pollution and PH · See more »
Phosphate
A phosphate is chemical derivative of phosphoric acid.
New!!: Water pollution and Phosphate · See more »
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a chemical element with symbol P and atomic number 15.
New!!: Water pollution and Phosphorus · See more »
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organisms' activities (energy transformation).
New!!: Water pollution and Photosynthesis · See more »
Pit latrine
A pit latrine or pit toilet is a type of toilet that collects human feces in a hole in the ground.
New!!: Water pollution and Pit latrine · See more »
Plastic
Plastic is material consisting of any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic compounds that are malleable and so can be molded into solid objects.
New!!: Water pollution and Plastic · See more »
Plastic pollution
Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat and humans.
New!!: Water pollution and Plastic pollution · See more »
Plumbing
Plumbing is any system that conveys fluids for a wide range of applications.
New!!: Water pollution and Plumbing · See more »
Pollution
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.
New!!: Water pollution and Pollution · See more »
Pollution prevention
Pollution prevention (P2) reduces the amount of pollution generated by industries, agriculture, or consumers.
New!!: Water pollution and Pollution prevention · See more »
Polychlorinated biphenyl
A polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) is an organic chlorine compound with the formula C12H10−xClx.
New!!: Water pollution and Polychlorinated biphenyl · See more »
Power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant or powerhouse and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.
New!!: Water pollution and Power station · See more »
Primary production
Global oceanic and terrestrial photoautotroph abundance, from September 1997 to August 2000. As an estimate of autotroph biomass, it is only a rough indicator of primary-production potential, and not an actual estimate of it. Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE. In ecology, primary production is the synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide.
New!!: Water pollution and Primary production · See more »
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".
New!!: Water pollution and Public health · See more »
Radiation
In physics, radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium.
New!!: Water pollution and Radiation · See more »
Regulation
Regulation is an abstract concept of management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.
New!!: Water pollution and Regulation · See more »
Retention basin
A retention basin, sometimes called a wet pond, wet detention basin or stormwater management pond, is an artificial lake with vegetation around the perimeter, and includes a permanent pool of water in its design.
New!!: Water pollution and Retention basin · See more »
Riparian buffer
A riparian buffer or stream buffer is a vegetated area (a "buffer strip") near a stream, usually forested, which helps shade and partially protect the stream from the impact of adjacent land uses.
New!!: Water pollution and Riparian buffer · See more »
River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
New!!: Water pollution and River · See more »
Salmonella
Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped (bacillus) Gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae.
New!!: Water pollution and Salmonella · See more »
Sanitary sewer overflow
Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is a condition in which untreated sewage is discharged from a sanitary sewer into the environment prior to reaching sewage treatment facilities.
New!!: Water pollution and Sanitary sewer overflow · See more »
Sanitation
Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and adequate treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage.
New!!: Water pollution and Sanitation · See more »
Schistosoma
Schistosoma is a genus of trematodes, commonly known as blood flukes.
New!!: Water pollution and Schistosoma · See more »
Sediment
Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.
New!!: Water pollution and Sediment · See more »
Sediment basin
A sediment basin is a temporary pond built on a construction site to capture eroded or disturbed soil that is washed off during rain storms, and protect the water quality of a nearby stream, river, lake, or bay.
New!!: Water pollution and Sediment basin · See more »
Sediment control
A sediment control is a practice or device designed to keep eroded soil on a construction site, so that it does not wash off and cause water pollution to a nearby stream, river, lake, or sea.
New!!: Water pollution and Sediment control · See more »
Septic tank
A septic tank is a chamber made of concrete, fiberglass, PVC or plastic, through which domestic wastewater (sewage) flows for primary treatment.
New!!: Water pollution and Septic tank · See more »
Sewage
Sewage (or domestic wastewater or municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced from a community of people.
New!!: Water pollution and Sewage · See more »
Sewage treatment
Sewage treatment is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater, primarily from household sewage.
New!!: Water pollution and Sewage treatment · See more »
Shipwreck
A shipwreck is the remains of a ship that has wrecked, which are found either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water.
New!!: Water pollution and Shipwreck · See more »
Silt
Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay, whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar.
New!!: Water pollution and Silt · See more »
Silt fence
A silt fence, sometimes (misleadingly) called a "filter fence," is a temporary sediment control device used on construction sites to protect water quality in nearby streams, rivers, lakes and seas from sediment (loose soil) in stormwater runoff.
New!!: Water pollution and Silt fence · See more »
Slash-and-burn
Slash-and-burn agriculture, or fire–fallow cultivation, is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden.
New!!: Water pollution and Slash-and-burn · See more »
Slurry
A slurry is a thin sloppy mud or cement or, in extended use, any fluid mixture of a pulverized solid with a liquid (usually water), often used as a convenient way of handling solids in bulk.
New!!: Water pollution and Slurry · See more »
Sodium
Sodium is a chemical element with symbol Na (from Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.
New!!: Water pollution and Sodium · See more »
Soil
Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.
New!!: Water pollution and Soil · See more »
Solvent
A solvent (from the Latin solvō, "loosen, untie, solve") is a substance that dissolves a solute (a chemically distinct liquid, solid or gas), resulting in a solution.
New!!: Water pollution and Solvent · See more »
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.
New!!: Water pollution and Species · See more »
Storm drain
A storm drain, storm sewer (U.S. and Canada), surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces such as paved streets, car parks, parking lots, footpaths, sidewalks, and roofs.
New!!: Water pollution and Storm drain · See more »
Stormwater
Stormwater, also spelled storm water, is water that originates during precipitation events and snow/ice melt.
New!!: Water pollution and Stormwater · See more »
Straw
Straw is an agricultural by-product, the dry stalks of cereal plants, after the grain and chaff have been removed.
New!!: Water pollution and Straw · See more »
Sulfur dioxide
Sulfur dioxide (also sulphur dioxide in British English) is the chemical compound with the formula.
New!!: Water pollution and Sulfur dioxide · See more »
Surface runoff
Surface runoff (also known as overland flow) is the flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the Earth's surface.
New!!: Water pollution and Surface runoff · See more »
Surface water
Surface water is water on the surface of the planet such as in a river, lake, wetland, or ocean.
New!!: Water pollution and Surface water · See more »
Thermal pollution
Thermal pollution is the degradation of water quality by any process that changes ambient water temperature.
New!!: Water pollution and Thermal pollution · See more »
Thermophile
A thermophile is an organism—a type of extremophile—that thrives at relatively high temperatures, between.
New!!: Water pollution and Thermophile · See more »
Total suspended solids
Total suspended solids (TSS) is the dry-weight of suspended particles, that are not dissolved, in a sample of water that can be trapped by a filter that is analyzed using a filtration apparatus.
New!!: Water pollution and Total suspended solids · See more »
Toxicity
Toxicity is the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism.
New!!: Water pollution and Toxicity · See more »
Trichloroethylene
The chemical compound trichloroethylene is a halocarbon commonly used as an industrial solvent.
New!!: Water pollution and Trichloroethylene · See more »
Trophic state index
Trophic State Index (TSI) is a classification system designed to rate bodies of water based on the amount of biological activity they sustain.
New!!: Water pollution and Trophic state index · See more »
Turbidity
Turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air.
New!!: Water pollution and Turbidity · See more »
United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
New!!: Water pollution and United States · See more »
United States regulation of point source water pollution
Point source water pollution comes from discrete conveyances and alters the chemical, biological, and physical characteristics of water.
New!!: Water pollution and United States regulation of point source water pollution · See more »
Urban runoff
Urban runoff is surface runoff of rainwater created by urbanization.
New!!: Water pollution and Urban runoff · See more »
Volatile organic compound
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary room temperature.
New!!: Water pollution and Volatile organic compound · See more »
Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
New!!: Water pollution and Volcano · See more »
Vortex
In fluid dynamics, a vortex (plural vortices/vortexes) is a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line, which may be straight or curved.
New!!: Water pollution and Vortex · See more »
Waste
Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials.
New!!: Water pollution and Waste · See more »
Waste heat
Waste heat is heat that is produced by a machine, or other process that uses energy, as a byproduct of doing work.
New!!: Water pollution and Waste heat · See more »
Wastewater
Wastewater (or waste water) is any water that has been affected by human use.
New!!: Water pollution and Wastewater · See more »
Wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment is a process used to convert wastewater into an effluent (outflowing of water to a receiving body of water) that can be returned to the water cycle with minimal impact on the environment or directly reused.
New!!: Water pollution and Wastewater treatment · See more »
Water quality
Water quality refers to the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological characteristics of water.
New!!: Water pollution and Water quality · See more »
Water resource policy
Water resource policy encompasses the policy-making processes that affect the collection, preparation, use and disposal of water to support human uses and protect environmental quality.
New!!: Water pollution and Water resource policy · See more »
Water resources of China
The water resources of China are affected by both severe water shortages and severe water pollution.
New!!: Water pollution and Water resources of China · See more »
Waterborne diseases
Waterborne diseases are conditions caused by pathogenic micro-organisms that are transmitted in water.
New!!: Water pollution and Waterborne diseases · See more »
Wetland
A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.
New!!: Water pollution and Wetland · See more »
Wildlife
Wildlife traditionally refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all plants, fungi, and other organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.
New!!: Water pollution and Wildlife · See more »
Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
New!!: Water pollution and Zinc · See more »
Redirects here:
Clean water laws, Clean water legislation, Clean water regulation, Clean water regulations, Contaminated water, DWEL, Drinking Water Equivalent Level, Leper tanker, Maritime pollution, Pollution of water, River pollution, Stream pollution, Tips on reducing water pollution, Water Pollution, Water contamination, Water impurities, Water pollutant, Water pollutants, Water pollution law, Water pollution laws, Water pollution legislation, Water pollution regulation, Water pollution regulations, Water polution, Water problems, Watershed degradation, Waterway degradation.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_pollution
