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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total solids

Natural environment; Water

All the solids in wastewater or sewage water, including suspended solids and filterable solids.

binder

Natural environment; Water

Chemicals that hold short fibres together in a cartridge filter.

enteric viruses

Natural environment; Water

a category of viruses related to human excreta found in waterways.

jetter

Natural environment; Water

One (as a geyser) that sends out a jet.

prior appropriation

Natural environment; Water

a doctrine of water law that allocates the rights to use water on a first in time, first in right, basis.

toxaphene

Natural environment; Water

chemical that causes adverse health effects in domestic water supplies and is toxic to fresh water and marine aquatic life.

bioaccumulantion

Natural environment; Water

The increase in concentration of a substance in living organisms, as they take in contaminated air, water, or food, due to slow metabolization and excretion.