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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well field

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Area containing one or more wells that produce usable amounts of water or oil.

well injection

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The subsurface emplacement of fluids into a well.

well monitoring

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Measurement by on-site instruments or laboratory methods of well water quality.

well plug

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A watertight, gastight seal installed in a bore hole or well to prevent movement of fluids.

well point

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A hollow vertical tube, rod, or pipe terminating in a perforated pointed shoe and fitted with a fine-mesh screen.

wellhead protection area

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A protected surface and subsurface zone surrounding a well or well field supplying a public water system to keep contaminants from reaching the well water.

wetlands

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

An area that is saturated by surface or ground water with vegetation adapted for life under those soil conditions, as swamps, bogs, fens, marshes, and estuaries.