Water

Water

Water is a chemical compound with the chemical formula H20. A water molecule contains one hydrogen atom and two oxygen atoms. Water is a liquid at standard ambient temperature and pressure though it can be a solid (ice)in low temperatures or evaporate into water vapor a higher temperatures.

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ultra-violet (UV) oxidation

Natural environment; Water

A process using extremely short wave-length light that can kill micro-organisms (disinfection) or cleave organic molecules (photo oxidation) rendering them polarized or ionized and thus more easily ...

buffer

Natural environment; Water

A solution or liquid whose chemical makeup is such that it minimizes changes in pH when acids or bases are added to it.

filter

Natural environment; Water

a device used to remove solids from a mixture or to separate materials. Materials are frequently separated from water using filters.

lime

Natural environment; Water

Common water treatment chemical. Lime can be deposed on walls of showers and bathrooms, after lime has reacted with calcium to form limestone.

radius of influence

Natural environment; Water

the radial distance from the center of a wellbore to the point where there is no lowering of the water table or potentiometric surface; the edge of the cone of depression.