Pesticides

Pesticides

Any chemical or substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of pests that damage or interfere with the growth of crops, shrubs, tress, timber and other vegetation useful to humans.

Industry: Agricultural chemicals

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waste treatment plant

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A facility containing a series of tanks, screens, filters and other processes by which pollutants are removed from water.

waste treatment stream

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The continuous movement of waste from generator to treater and disposer.

waste-heat recovery

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Recovering heat discharged as a byproduct of one process to provide heat needed by a second process.

waste-to-energy facility/municipal-waste combustor

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Facility where recovered municipal solid waste is converted into a usable form of energy, usually via combustion.

wastewater

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The spent or used water from a home, community, farm, or industry that contains dissolved or suspended matter.Water Pollution: The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to ...

The plan or network for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage in a community. The level of treatment will depend on the size of the community, the type of discharge, and/or the designated ...

wastewater operations and maintenance

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Actions taken after construction to ensure that facilities constructed to treat wastewater will be operated, maintained, and managed to reach prescribed effluent levels in an optimum manner.