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Agricultural chemicals

Includes chemicals designed for agricultural use for protection of crops from fungus and insects, as well as for the growth and protection of plants.

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diffused air

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A type of aeration that forces oxygen into sewage by pumping air through perforated pipes inside a holding tank.

diffusion

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The movement of suspended or dissolved particles (or molecules) from a more concentrated to a less concentrated area. The process tends to distribute the particles or molecules ...

digester

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

In wastewater treatment, a closed tank; in solid-waste conversion, a unit in which bacterial action is induced and accelerated in order to break down organic matter and establish ...

drinking water equivalent level

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Protective level of exposure related to potentially non-carcinogenic effects of chemicals that are also known to cause cancer.

drinking water state revolving fund

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The Fund provides capitalization grants to states to develop drinking water revolving loan funds to help finance system infrastructure improvements, assure source-water ...

drive casing

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Heavy duty steel casing driven along with the sampling tool in cased DP systems. Keeps the hole open between sampling runs and is not removed until last sample has been collected.

drive point profiler

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An exposed groundwater DP system used to collect multiple depth-discrete groundwater samples. Ports in the tip of the probe connect to an internal stainless steel or teflon tube ...