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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| 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) | vannovervåking | |
| water pollutant (A chemical or physical agent introduced to any body of water that may detrimentally alter the natural condition of that body of water and other associated bodies of water) | vannforurensende stoff | |
| water pollution (The manmade or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water) | vannforurensning | |
| 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) | vern mot vannforurensning | |
| water power (Energy obtained from natural or artificial waterfalls, either directly by turning a water wheel or turbine, or indirectly by generating electricity in a dynamo driven by a turbine) | vannkraft | |
| water pricing (Applying a monetary rate or value at which water can be bought or sold) | prissetting av vann | |
| water protection (Measures to conserve surface and groundwater; to ensure the continued availability of water for growing domestic, commercial and industrial uses and to ensure sufficient water for natural ecosystems) | vern av vann | |
| water protection area (Area surrounding a water recovery plant in which certain forms of soil utilization are restricted or prohibited in order to protect the groundwater) | vernet nedbørfelt | |
| water protection directive | vanndirektiv | |
| water protection legislation | lovgivning for vern av vassdrag | |
| water pump (A machine or apparatus used to lift water, usually from a well or borehole, which is powered manually or by engine, wind or some other source) | vannpumpe | |
| water purification (Any of several processes in which undesirable impurities in water are removed or neutralized) | vannrensing | |
| water purification plant (Plant where water, through physical and chemical processes, is made suitable for human consumption and other purposes) | vannrenseanlegg | |
| water quality (A graded value of the components (organic and inorganic, chemical or physical) which comprise the nature of water) | vannkvalitet | |
| water quality directive (EC Directive establishing the rules relating to water for human consumption) | vannkvalitetsdirektiv | |
| water quality improvement (Progress in, or betterment of, the environmental condition and integrity of water) | vannkvalitetsforbedring | |
| water quality management (Water quality management concerns four major elements: the use (recreation, drinking water, fish and wildlife propagation, industrial or agricultural) to be made of the water; criteria to protect those uses; implementation plans (for needed industrial-municipal waste treatment improvements) and enforcement plans, and an anti-degradation statement to protect existing high quality waters) | vannkvalitetsstyring | |
| water quantity management (The administration or handling of the amount of available potable water) | vannkvantitetsstyring | |
| water regeneration (A process in which naturally occurring microorganisms, plants, trees or geophysical processes break down, degrade or filter out hazardous substances or pollutants from a body of water, cleansing and treating contaminated water without human intervention) | regenerering av vann | |
| water regulatory authority (The power of a government agency or its administrators to administer and implement regulations, laws and government policies relating to the preservation and protection of water resources) | vannreguleringsmyndighet |