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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dike

Natural environment; Water

A low wall that can act as a barrier to prevent a spill from spreading.

diluent

Natural environment; Water

Any liquid or solid material used to dilute or carry an active ingredient.

dimictic

Natural environment; Water

Lakes and reservoirs that freeze over and normally go through two stratifications and two mixing cycles a year.

dinocap

Natural environment; Water

A fungicide used primarily by apple growers to control summer diseases. EPA proposed restrictions on its use in 1986 when laboratory tests found it caused birth defects in rabbits.

dinoseb

Natural environment; Water

A herbicide that is also used as a fungicide and insecticide. It was banned by EPA in 1986 because it posed the risk of birth defects and sterility.

direct discharger

Natural environment; Water

A municipal or industrial facility which introduces pollution through a defined conveyance or system such as outlet pipes; a point source.

direct filtration

Natural environment; Water

A method of treating water which consists of the addition of coagulent chemicals, flash mixing, coagulation, minimal flocculation, and filtration. Sedimentation is not uses.