20 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Environment > Environmental conservation
Environmental conservation
Terms related to protecting natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future.
Industry: Environment
Add a new termContributors in Environmental conservation
Environmental conservation
conveyance loss (general)
Environment; Environmental conservation
Water that is lost in transit from a pipe, canal, conduit, or ditch by leakage or evaporation. If the water is lost due to leakage, it may be considered return flow if it percolates to an aquifer ...
creek
Environment; Environmental conservation
A small stream of water which serves as the natural drainage course for a drainage basin. The term is relative according to size. Some creeks in a humid region would be called rivers if they ...
crest
Environment; Environmental conservation
The top of a dam, dike, or spillway, which water must reach before passing over the structure; the summit or highest point of a wave; the highest elevation reached by flood waters flowing in a ...
critical low flow
Environment; Environmental conservation
Low flow conditions below which some standards do not apply. The impacts of permitted discharges are analyzed at critical low-flow.
hydroelectric power water use (water use category)
Environment; Environmental conservation
Water used in generating electricity at plants where the turbine generators are driven by falling water. Activities included in Standard Industrial Classification code 4911.
hydrogeology
Environment; Environmental conservation
The study of the interrelationships of geologic materials and processes with water, especially ground water.
dug well
Environment; Environmental conservation
A large diameter well dug by hand, usually old and often cased by concrete or hand-laid bricks. Such wells typically reach less than 50 feet in depth and are easily and frequently contaminated.
