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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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clear cut
Natural environment; Water
Harvesting all the trees in one area at one time, a practice that can encourage fast rainfall or snowmelt runoff, erosion, sedimentation of streams and lakes, and flooding, and destroys vital ...
clear well
Natural environment; Water
A reservoir for storing filtered water of sufficient quantity to prevent the need to vary the filtration rate with variations in demand. Also used to provide chlorine contact time for disinfection.
closed-loop recycling
Natural environment; Water
Reclaiming or reusing wastewater for non-potable purposes in an enclosed process.
closure
Natural environment; Water
The procedure a landfill operator must follow when a landfill reaches its legal capacity for solid ceasing acceptance of solid waste and placing a cap on the landfill site.
co-fire
Natural environment; Water
Burning of two fuels in the same combustion unit; e.g., coal and natural gas, or oil and coal.
coal cleaning technology
Natural environment; Water
A precombustion process by which coal is physically or chemically treated to remove some of its sulfur so as to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions.
coal gasification
Natural environment; Water
Conversion of coal to a gaseous product by one of several available technologies.
