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| Terms for subject Environment (5949 entries) |
| uraren kalitateari buruzko arteztarau | water quality directive (EC Directive establishing the rules relating to water for human consumption) | |
| uraren kalitaterako arrisku | water endangering (Can be caused by a variety of means, e.g. farm pollution from animal wastes and silage liquor (liquors from green leaf cattle food which has had molasses added to promote fermentation and preservation; they are highly polluting and can be a seasonal cause of fish deaths in small streams), leachate from landfill sites, and spoil heaps, solvent discharge to sewers or to land and inadequate sewage treatment works) | |
| uraren karga-ahalmen | load bearing capacity (The maximum load that a system can support before failing) | |
| uraren kontrol | water monitoring (Studies conducted to estimate the quantity and the quality of pollutants, nutrients and suspended solids contained in water bodies and to assess sources and factors associated with agricultural practices, industrial activities or other human activities) | |
| uraren kontserbazio | water conservation (The protection, development and efficient management of water resources for beneficial purposes) | |
| uraren korrosibotasun | water corrosivity (Complex series of reactions between the water and metal surfaces and materials in which the water is stored or transported. The corrosion process is an oxidation/reduction reaction that returns refined or processed metal to their more stable ore state. With respect to the corrosion potential of drinking water, the primary concerns include the potential presence of toxic metals , such as lead and copper) | |
| uraren kostu | water cost (The value or the amount of money exchanged for the production and sustained supply of water) | |
| uraren kudeaketa | water management (Measures taken to ensure an adequate supply of water and a responsible utilization of water resources) | |
| uraren kutsadura | water pollution (The manmade or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water) | |
| uraren kutsaduraren prebentzio | water pollution prevention (Precautionary measures, actions or installations implemented to avert or hinder human-made or human-induced alteration of the physical, biological, chemical and radiological integrity of water) | |
| uraren leheneratze | restoration of water (Any treatment process in which contaminated water is cleansed or corrected, particularly by use of a pump-and-treat approach) | |
| uraren oreka | hydrologic balance (An accounting of the inflow to, outflow from, and storage in a hydrologic unit such as a drainage basin, aquifer, soil zone, lake or reservoir; the relationship between evaporation, precipitation, runoff, and the change in water storage) | |
| uraren oreka biologiko | biological water balance (The amount of ingoing and outgoing water in a system, which are assumed to be equal in the long term so that the water budget will balance) | |
| uraren prezioaren finkapen | water pricing (Applying a monetary rate or value at which water can be bought or sold) | |
| uraren zapore | water taste (Taste in water can be caused by foreign matter, such as organic compounds, inorganic salts or dissolved gases. These materials may come from domestic, agricultural or natural sources. Some substances found naturally in groundwater, while not necessarily harmful, may impart a disagreeable taste or undesirable property to the water. Magnesium sulphate, sodium sulphate, and sodium chloride are but a few of these. Acceptable waters should be free from any objectionable taste at point of use) | |
| uraren zientziak | water science (The science that treats the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth, and their reaction with the environment) | |
| urbanizazio | urbanization (The state of being or becoming a community with urban characteristics) | |
| urbazter | bank (The sloping side of any hollow in the ground, especially when bordering a river; land) | |
| urbazterreko alde urertzeko alde erriberako alde | riparian zone (1. Terrestrial areas where the vegetation complex and microclimate are products of the combined pressure and influence of perennial and/or intermittent water... and soils that exhibit some wetness characteristics. 2. Zone situated on the bank of a water course such as a river or stream) | |
| urbazterren garapen | waterside development (Any physical extension of, or changes to, the uses of land in waterfront areas) |