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Environmental conservation
Terms related to protecting natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future.
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point source pollution
Environment; Environmental conservation
Pollutants discharged from any identifiable point including pipes, ditches, channels, sewers, tunnels, and containers of various types.
polar coordinates
Environment; Environmental conservation
The means by which the position of a point in a two-dimensional plane is described; based upon the radial distance from the origin to the given point and the angle between a horizontal line passing ...
well interference
Environment; Environmental conservation
The result of two or more pumping wells, the drawdown cones of which intercept. At a given location, the total well interference is the sum of the drawdowns due to each individual well.
well screen
Environment; Environmental conservation
A tubular device with either slots, holes, gauze, or continuous-wire wrap used at the end of a well casing to complete a well. The water enters the well through the well screen.
well, fully penetrating
Environment; Environmental conservation
A well drilled to the bottom of an aquifer, constructed in such a way that it withdraws water from the entire thickness of the aquifer.
well, partially penetrating
Environment; Environmental conservation
A well constructed in such a way that it draws water directly from a fractional part of the total thickness of the aquifer. The fractional part of the well may be located at the top or the bottom or ...
wetlands
Environment; Environmental conservation
Lands where water saturation is the dominant factor in determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities. Other common names for wetlands are sloughs, ponds, ...
