Agricultural chemicals

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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direct filtration

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A method of treating water which consists of the addition of coagulent chemicals, flash mixing, coagulation, minimal flocculation, and filtration. Sedimentation is not uses.

direct push

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Technology used for performing subsurface investigations by driving, pushing, and/or vibrating small-diameter hollow steel rods into the ground/ Also known as direct drive, drive ...

direct runoff

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Water that flows over the ground surface or through the ground directly into streams, rivers, and lakes.

disinfectant

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A chemical that destroys vegetative forms of harmful microorganisms, but does not ordinarily kill bacterial spores.

disinfectant by-product

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A compound formed by the reaction of a disinfenctant such as chlorine with organic material in the water supply; a chemical byproduct of the disinfection process..

disinfectant time

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The time it takes water to move from the point of disinfectant application (or the previous point of residual disinfectant measurement) to a point before or at the point where the ...