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Best management practices


Agricultural or other management activities designed to achieve an important goal, such as reducing nutrients or pollutants in runoff or optimizing water use.
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Brackish


Water with a chloride (salt) level greater than 250 milligrams per liter (mg/L) and less than 19,000 mg/L.
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Boulder Zone


A highly transmissive, cavernous zone of limestone within the lower Floridan Aquifer.
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Basin


A hydrologic unit containing one large aquifer or several connecting and interconnecting aquifers.
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Bašin


A hydrologic unit containing one large aquifer or several connecting and interconnecting aquifers.
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Aquifer


An underground bed or layer of earth, gravel or porous stone that holds water.
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Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation


(AMO):
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Alternative Water Supply


A supply of water that has been reclaimed after one or more uses, such as public supply, municipal, industrial, commercial or agricultural uses. The term can also apply to storm water, brackish water or salt water that has been treated in accordance with applicable rules and standards to serve the intended use.
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alternative water supply


A supply of water that has been reclaimed after one or more uses, such as public supply, municipal, industrial, commercial or agricultural uses. The term can also apply to storm water, brackish water or salt water that has been treated in accordance with applicable rules and standards to serve the intended use.
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Anoxic


The absence of oxygen.
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