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Water testing

Index Water testing

Water testing is a broad description for various procedures used to analyze water quality. [1]

52 relations: Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Analysis of water chemistry, Bacteriological water analysis, Ballast water discharge and the environment, Bioindicator, Chromatography, Clean Water Act, Cryptosporidium, Drinking water, Drinking Water Inspectorate, Ecosystem, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Environmental chemistry, Environmental monitoring, Escherichia coli, Freshwater environmental quality parameters, Gas chromatography, Giardia, Groundwater pollution, Hard water, Hydraulic fracturing, Industrial waste, Intellectual disability, International Maritime Organization, International Organization for Standardization, List of chemical analysis methods, Mass spectrometry, Mike Harris, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Non-governmental organization, Peer review, Public water system, Purified water, Raw water, Razor and blades model, Regulation, Safe Drinking Water Act, Sewage, Suez (company), Surface water, Turbidity, United Nations, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Wastewater, Wastewater quality indicators, Water pollution, Water purification, Water quality, World Water Day, ..., World Water Monitoring Day, 1998 Sydney water crisis. Expand index (2 more) »

Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) is a quasi-judicial agency in the U.S. state of Alaska, within Alaska's Department of Administration.

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Analysis of water chemistry

Water chemistry analyses are carried out to identify and quantify the chemical components and properties of water samples.

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Bacteriological water analysis

Bacteriological water analysis is a method of analysing water to estimate the numbers of bacteria present and, if needed, to find out what sort of bacteria they are.

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Ballast water discharge and the environment

Ballast water discharges by ships can have a negative impact on the marine environment.

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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.

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Chromatography

Chromatography is a laboratory technique for the separation of a mixture.

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Clean Water Act

The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution.

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Cryptosporidium

Cryptosporidium is a genus of apicomplexan parasitic alveolates that can cause a respiratory and gastrointestinal illness (cryptosporidiosis) that primarily involves watery diarrhea (intestinal cryptosporidiosis) with or without a persistent cough (respiratory cryptosporidiosis) in both immunocompetent and immunodeficient humans.

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Drinking water

Drinking water, also known as potable water, is water that is safe to drink or to use for food preparation.

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Drinking Water Inspectorate

The Drinking Water Inspectorate is a section of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) set up to regulate the public water supply companies in England and Wales.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a community made up of living organisms and nonliving components such as air, water, and mineral soil.

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Energy Policy Act of 2005

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 is a bill passed by the United States Congress on July 29, 2005, and signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005, at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Environmental chemistry

Environmental chemistry is the scientific study of the chemical and biochemical phenomena that occur in natural places.

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Environmental monitoring

Environmental monitoring describes the processes and activities that need to take place to characterise and monitor the quality of the environment.

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Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli (also known as E. coli) is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, coliform bacterium of the genus Escherichia that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherms).

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Freshwater environmental quality parameters

Freshwater environmental quality parameters are the natural and man-made chemical, biological and microbiological characteristics of rivers, lakes and ground-waters, the ways they are measured and the ways that they change.

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Gas chromatography

Gas chromatography (GC) is a common type of chromatography used in analytical chemistry for separating and analyzing compounds that can be vaporized without decomposition.

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Giardia

Giardia is a genus of anaerobic flagellated protozoan parasites of the phylum Sarcomastigophora that colonise and reproduce in the small intestines of several vertebrates, causing giardiasis.

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Groundwater pollution

Groundwater pollution (also called groundwater contamination) occurs when pollutants are released to the ground and make their way down into groundwater.

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Hard water

Hard water is water that has high mineral content (in contrast with "soft water").

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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.

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Industrial waste

Industrial waste is the waste produced by industrial activity which includes any material that is rendered useless during a manufacturing process such as that of factories, industries, mills, and mining operations.

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Intellectual disability

Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability, and mental retardation (MR), is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significantly impaired intellectual and adaptive functioning.

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International Maritime Organization

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) until 1982, is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping.

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International Organization for Standardization

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations.

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List of chemical analysis methods

A list of chemical analysis methods with acronyms.

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Mass spectrometry

Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that ionizes chemical species and sorts the ions based on their mass-to-charge ratio.

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Mike Harris

Michael Deane "Mike" Harris (born January 23, 1945) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 14, 2002.

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Ministry of Ecology and Environment

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, formerly the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China (MEP), and prior to 2008 known as the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), is a department of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Peer review

Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people of similar competence to the producers of the work (peers).

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Public water system

Public water system is a regulatory term used in the United States and Canada, referring to certain utilities and organizations providing drinking water.

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Purified water

Purified water is water that has been mechanically filtered or processed to remove impurities and make it suitable for use.

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Raw water

Raw water is water found in the environment that has not been treated and does not have any of its minerals, ions, particles, bacteria, or parasites removed.

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Razor and blades model

The razor and blades business model is a business model wherein one item is sold at a low price (or given away for free) in order to increase sales of a complementary good, such as consumable supplies.

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Regulation

Regulation is an abstract concept of management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.

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Safe Drinking Water Act

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the principal federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public.

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Sewage

Sewage (or domestic wastewater or municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced from a community of people.

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Suez (company)

Suez S.A. was a leading French-based multinational corporation headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, with operations primarily in water, electricity and natural gas supply, and waste management.

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Surface water

Surface water is water on the surface of the planet such as in a river, lake, wetland, or ocean.

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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.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

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United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.

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Wastewater

Wastewater (or waste water) is any water that has been affected by human use.

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Wastewater quality indicators

Wastewater quality indicators are laboratory test methodologies to assess suitability of wastewater for disposal or re-use.

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Water pollution

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities.

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Water purification

Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids and gases from water.

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Water quality

Water quality refers to the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological characteristics of water.

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World Water Day

World Water Day is an annual UN observance day (always on 22 March) that highlights the importance of freshwater.

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World Water Monitoring Day

World Water Monitoring Day was established in 2003 by America's Clean Water Foundation (ACWF) as a global educational outreach program.

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1998 Sydney water crisis

The 1998 Sydney water crisis involved the suspected contamination by the microscopic pathogens cryptosporidium and giardia of the water supply system of Greater Metropolitan Sydney, between July and September 1998.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_testing

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