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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| 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 | |
| water reservoir (Artificial or natural area of water, used for storing water for domestic or industrial use) | vannreservoar | |
| water resource (Water in any of its forms, wherever located - atmosphere, surface or ground - which is or can be of value to man) | vannressurs | |
| water resources conservation (Controlled utilization or protection of any supply of water so that it is potentially useful for some purpose, such as for an economic, recreational or life-sustaining purpose) | vern av vannressurser | |
| water resources development | vannressursutvikling | |
| water resources legislation (A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government to manage and protect an area's natural water supply and waterways) | vannressurslovgivning | |
| water resources management (Measures and activities concerning the supply of water, the improvement of efficiency in its use, the reduction of losses and waste, water-saving practices to reduce costs and to slow the depletion of the water supply to ensure future water availability) | vannressursforvaltning | |
| water reuse (Use of process wastewater or treatment facility effluent in a different manufacturing process) | gjenbruk av vann | |
| water salination (Process by which water becomes more salty, found especially in hot countries where irrigation is practised) | vannsalting | |
| water salinity (The degree of dissolved salts in water measured by weight in parts per thousand) | saltkonsentrasjon i vann |