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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| vannkvalitetsdirektiv | water quality directive (EC Directive establishing the rules relating to water for human consumption) | |
| vannkvalitetsforbedring | water quality improvement (Progress in, or betterment of, the environmental condition and integrity of water) | |
| vannkvalitetsstyring | 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) | |
| vannkvantitetsstyring | water quantity management (The administration or handling of the amount of available potable water) | |
| vannledningsnett | water distribution system (The system of pipes supplying water to communities and industries) | |
| vannloppe | water flea (Fresh-water branchiopod crustaceans characterized by a transparent bivalve shell) | |
| vannmasse | water body (Any mass of water having definite hydrological, physical, chemical and biological characteristics and which can be employed for one or several purposes) | |
| vannmølle | water mill (A mill whose power is provided by a large wheel which is turned by moving water, especially a river) | |
| vannoppsamling | water collection (The catching of water, especially rain water, in a structure such as a basin or reservoir) | |
| vannovervåking | 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) | |
| vannplante | aquatic plant (Plants adapted for a partially or completely submerged life) | |
| vannpumpe | 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) | |
| vannreguleringsmyndighet | 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) | |
| vannrenseanlegg | purification plant (Installation where impurities are removed from waste water) | |
| vannrenseanlegg | water purification plant (Plant where water, through physical and chemical processes, is made suitable for human consumption and other purposes) | |
| vannrensing | water purification (Any of several processes in which undesirable impurities in water are removed or neutralized) | |
| vannreservoar | water reservoir (Artificial or natural area of water, used for storing water for domestic or industrial use) | |
| vannressurs | water resource (Water in any of its forms, wherever located - atmosphere, surface or ground - which is or can be of value to man) | |
| vannressursforvaltning | 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) | |
| vannressurslovgivning | 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) |