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Production well
A well specifically designed to pump groundwater for domestic or municipal use (to differentiate from a monitoring well).
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Mixing Height
The height to which the lower atmosphere will undergo mechanical or turbulent mixing, producing a nearly uniform air mass.
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Institutional Controls
Actions, such as legal controls that help minimize the potential for human exposure to contamination by ensuring appropriate land or resource use. ICs are meant to supplement engineering controls, an [..]
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Bioventing
An in-situ remediation technology that combines soil vapor extraction methods with bioremediation. It uses vapor extraction wells that induce air flow in the subsurface through air injection or throug [..]
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Wood-Burning-Stove Pollution
Air pollution caused by emissions of particulate matter, carbon monoxide, total suspended particulates, and polycyclic organic matter from wood-burning stoves.
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Wetlands
An area that is saturated by surface or groundwater with vegetation adapted for life under those soil conditions, as swamps, bogs, fens, marshes, and estuaries.
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Watershed
The land area that drains into a stream; the watershed for a major river may encompass a number of smaller watersheds that ultimately combine at a common point.
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water quality standards
ADEQ-adopted and EPA-approved ambient standards for water bodies. The standards prescribe the use of the water body and establish the water quality criteria that must be met to protect designated uses [..]
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Water body
Any significant accumulation of water.
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Wastewater Treatment Plant
A facility containing a series of tanks, screens, filters, and other processes by which pollutants are removed from water. Most treatments include chlorination to attain safe drinking water standards.
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