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Water quality: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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Encyclopedia: Water quality

Contaminants that may be in untreated water include microorganisms such as viruses and bacteria; inorganic contaminants such as salts and metals; pesticides and herbicides; organic chemical contaminants from industrial processes and petroleum use; and radioactive contaminants. Water quality depends on the local geology and ecosystem, as well as human uses such as sewage dispersion, industrial pollution, use of water bodies as a heat sink, and overuse (which may lower the level of the water).

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Translations

How to say "Water quality" in other languages:

	(German)	Gewässergüteklasse
	(Spanish)	Calidad del agua

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Acclimation

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Natural Resources Conservation Service

technical contributions to soil mapping and classification and to water quality improvement is well...

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Näsijärvi

and there is a rapid flowing through the city starting from lake lake Näsijärvi. The water quality of the lake has improved as forest industry has decreased the amount of waste water...

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International Joint Commission

aegis the following treaties and agreements Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 Great Lakes Water Quality... help prevent and resolve disputes relating to the use and quality of boundary waters and to advise... River water quality is also on its agenda. In the east, the Commission regulation of dams and...

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Kishon River

struggle to improve the water quality. The pollution stems in part from daily contamination for over... there are more chemicals than water in the river, and that washing ones hands in this river can...

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Kiskiminetas River

Pennsylvania. The water quality is considered degraded by numerous abandoned mine drainages in its upper... improve the water quality of the river. The Kittanning Path, a major trail in the region used by Native...

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Big Sunflower River

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Cockburn Sound

increased. As a result, the sound is being used increasingly for recreation and fishing as water quality...

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Detroit Dam

control, power generation, navigation, and irrigation. Other uses are fishery, water quality, and...

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Glass catfish

species of similar size and temperament. Glass Catfish are highly sensitive to changes in water quality...