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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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distillation
Natural environment; Water
The act of purifying liquids through boiling, so that the steam or gaseous vapors condense to a pure liquid. Pollutants and contaminants may remain in a concentrated residue.
indirect discharge
Natural environment; Water
Introduction of pollutants from a non-domestic source into a publicly owned wastewater treatment system. Indirect dischargers can be commercial or industrial facilities whose wastes enter local ...
petroleum derivatives
Natural environment; Water
chemicals formed when gasoline breaks down in contact with water.
streamflow
Natural environment; Water
the water discharge that occurs in a natural channel. A more general term than runoff, streamflow may be applied to discharge whether or not it is affected by diversion or regulation.
anode
Natural environment; Water
A site in electrolysis where metal goes into solution as a cation leaving behind an equivalent of electrons to be transferred to an opposite electrode, called a cathode.
distilled water
Natural environment; Water
water that has been treated by boiling and condensation to remove solids, inorganics, and some organic chemicals.
industrial wastewater facility
Natural environment; Water
Facilities that produce, treat or dispose of wastewater not otherwise defined as a domestic wastewater; includes the runoff and leachate from areas that receive pollutants associated with industrial ...
