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is a distinct ecosystem that is inundated by water, either permanently or seasonally, where oxygen-free processes prevail. The primary factor that distinguishes wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the characteristic vegetation of aquatic plants, adapted to the unique hydric soil.

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are best used to measure water levels in piezometers, monitoring wells, and bore holes. ... Some well tapes even measure the conductivity level and temperature in addition to water level.

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The kit includes 100 test strips, and it provides results for nine contaminants including: total alkalinity, pH, hardness, iron, lead, copper, nitrite, nitrate, and chlorine. Note that this kit doesn't include bacteria testing, but this can be tested for separately if needed.

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is the final cleaning process that improves wastewater quality before it is reused, recycled or discharged to the environment.

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is the process of removing contaminants from municipal wastewater, containing mainly household sewage plus some industrial wastewater. Physical, chemical, and biological processes are used to remove contaminants and produce treated wastewater that is safe enough for release into the environment.

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is an underground chamber made of concrete, fiberglass or plastic through which domestic wastewater flows for basic treatment. Settling and anaerobic processes reduce solids and organics, but the treatment efficiency is only moderate. Septic tank systems are a type of simple onsite sewage facility.

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sometimes called a wet pond, wet detention basin or stormwater management pond, is an artificial lake with vegetation around the perimeter, and includes a permanent pool of water in its design.

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an apparatus worn over the mouth and nose or the entire face to prevent the inhalation of dust, smoke, or other noxious substances.

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is a measure of the void spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0% and 100%. Strictly speaking, some tests measure the "accessible void", the total amount of void space accessible from the surface.

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is a single identifiable source of air, water, thermal, noise or light pollution. A point source has negligible extent, distinguishing it from other pollution source geometries.

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the sciences concerned with the study of inanimate natural objects, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and related subjects.

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is a scale of acidity from 0 to 14. It tells how acidic or alkaline a substance is. More acidic solutions have lower pH. More alkaline solutions have higher pH. Substances that aren't acidic or alkaline (that is, neutral solutions) usually have a pH of 7.

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Typical photoionization detectors measure volatile organic compounds and other gases in concentrations from sub parts per billion to 10 000 parts per million (ppm). The photoionization detector is an efficient and inexpensive detector for many gas and vapor analytes.

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1. the state or quality of a material or membrane that causes it to allow liquids or gases to pass through it.
2. a quantity measuring the influence of a substance on the magnetic flux in the region it occupies.

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is a test to determine the water absorption rate of soil (that is, its capacity for percolation) in preparation for the building of a septic drain field (leach field) or infiltration basin.

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an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

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the central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth.

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also known as a VOM, is an electronic measuring instrument that combines several measurement functions in one unit. A typical multimeter can measure voltage, current, and resistance. Analog multimeters uses a microammeter with a moving pointer to display readings.

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a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.

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a substance made by mixing other substances together.

the process of mixing or being mixed.

a combination of different qualities, things, or emotions in which the component elements are individually distinct.

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a microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation.

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How Does Litmus Paper Work? Both Litmus paper and pH strips are small strips ofpaper coated with a chemical substance that will undergo a reaction when it comes in contact with the liquid being tested. Litmus paper comes in two colors: red or blue.

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is a screening tool with semiquantitative capabilities acting as an interface between volatile contaminates at depth in the soil and gas phase detectors at the surface. ... The membrane is placed in a heated block attached to the probe.

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1. flowing in.

2. a stream, especially a tributary, which flows into another stream or lake.

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the branch of science concerned with the properties of the earth's water, and especially its movement in relation to land.

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cycle that involves the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-atmosphere system. Of the many processes involved in the water cycle, the most important are evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.

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a compound of hydrogen and carbon, such as any of those which are the chief components of petroleum and natural gas.

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the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.

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is a kind of living organism: yeasts, moulds and mushrooms are types of fungi.

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typically working under the direction of an environmental scientist, monitors the environment and investigates sources of pollution by performing laboratory and field tests.An environmental technician may also be called an environmental science and protection technician.

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is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. Environmental science emerged from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment

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eals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water

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is a professional engineering discipline that takes from broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect human health and improve the quality of the environment.

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1. a part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.

2. each of more than one hundred substances that cannot be chemically interconverted or broken down into simpler substances and are primary constituents of matter. Each element is distinguished by its atomic number, i.e. the number of protons in the nuclei of its atoms.

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liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea.

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a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.

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1. the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed; the investigation of their properties and the ways in which they interact, combine, and change; and the use of these processes to form new substances.

2. the complex emotional or psychological interaction between two people.

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the use of either naturally occurring or deliberately introduced microorganisms or other forms of life to consume and break down environmental pollutants, in order to clean up a polluted site.

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the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.

the plants and animals of a particular area.

"the biology of Chesapeake Bay"

the physiology, behavior, and other qualities of a particular organism or class of organisms.

"human biology"

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an expert in or student of the branch of science concerning living organisms.

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is a pollution control technique using a bioreactor containing living material to capture and biologically degrade pollutants. Common uses include processing waste water, capturing harmful chemicals or silt from surface runoff, and microbiotic oxidation of contaminants in air.

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a colorless volatile liquid hydrocarbon present in coal tar and petroleum, and used in chemical synthesis. Its use as a solvent has been reduced because of its carcinogenic properties.

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an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

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American academy of environmental engineering scientists (AAEES)

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American academy of environmental engineering scientists (AAEES)

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is a society of professional engineers and scientists who have demonstrated special expertise in environmental engineering or science beyond that normally required for professional practice, in a process similar to what is required for medical and other professional specialty certifications.

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Devices or equipment used to sample a measured amount of air in a specified time to quatitate the particulate or microbiological status of air within a controlled environment. Air sampling monitor microbial content in the the air.