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lough
Irish word for a lake
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alluvial
relating to deposits carried by rushing streams
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aquifer
underground layer of rock or sand that yields groundwater
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berm
a narrow ledge at the top or bottom of a slope
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brine
a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
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camber
a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
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confluence
a place where things merge or flow together
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effluent
water mixed with waste matter
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escarpment
a long steep slope at the edge of a plateau or ridge
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flume
a narrow gorge with a stream running through it
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fluvial
of or relating to or happening in a river
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interstice
small opening between things
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levee
an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
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moraine
accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
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noria
a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim
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phreatic
of or relating to ground water
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revetment
a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment
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riffle
a small wave on the surface of a liquid
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riparian
relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream
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shoal
a stretch of shallow water
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silt
mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
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slough
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
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sluice
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water
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slurry
a suspension of insoluble particles usually in water
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subsidence
a gradual sinking to a lower level
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thalweg
the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states
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turbid
clouded as with sediment
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weir
a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow
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eagre
a high wave caused by tidal flow
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edema
swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid
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effloresce
come into or as if into flower
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Empedocles
Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC)
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esker
(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
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eutrophic
(ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication
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aneroid
containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid
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anastomosis
a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
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anoxic
relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs
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toroidal
of or relating to or shaped like a toroid; doughnut shaped
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antediluvian
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
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xeric
being deficient in or requiring little moisture
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xylem
plant tissue that conducts water and dissolved nutrients
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phloem
plant tissue that conducts synthesized food substances
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wallow
roll around
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waterworn
(of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water
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usufruct
a legal right to use and profit from someone else’s property
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tarn
a mountain lake, especially one formed by glaciers
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tilth
aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting growth
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turbid
clouded as with sediment
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sapropel
sludge that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
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scablands
(geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington)
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scarp
a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
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scudding
the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
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seiche
a wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay
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selva
a rain forest in a tropical area
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sere
having lost all moisture
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silt
mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
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slake
satisfy, as thirst
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slough
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
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souse
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
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spate
a sudden forceful flow
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spume
foam or froth on the sea
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sump
a well or other hole in which water has collected
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swale
a low-lying area, especially a marshy area between ridges
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swash
the movement or sound of water
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rhabdomancy
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
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rheology
the branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter
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rime
ice crystals that form a white deposit
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roily
(of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
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runnel
a small stream
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pelagic
relating to, occurring in, or living in the open ocean
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plash
the sound like water splashing
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purl
flow in a circular current, of liquids
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ogee
a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below
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nadir
the lowest point of anything
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neve
the upper part of a glacier where the snow turns to ice
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maar
a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water
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marl
a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime
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mizzle
very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
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Indra
chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder
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kelpie
a water spirit in the form of a horse
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kibble
an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining
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lacustrine
of or relating to or living near lakes
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lade
fill or place a load on
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lahar
an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano
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lave
wash or flow against
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lentic
of or relating to or living in still waters
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Lethe
a river in Hades
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lotic
of or relating to or living in actively moving water
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loam
a rich soil consisting of sand, clay and organic materials
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hoarfrost
ice crystals forming a white deposit
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hummock
a small natural mound
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Hyades
7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades
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hydromancy
divination by water
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gush
flow forth in a sudden stream or jet
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fen
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation
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firth
a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
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floc
a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
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fjord
a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs
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floe
a flat mass of ice drifting at sea
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freshet
the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
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friable
easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
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debouch
march out (as from a defile) into open ground
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deliquesce
melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
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billabong
a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
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boreal
toward or located in the north
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ichor
the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods
Created on July 12, 2012
(updated July 12, 2012)
What is another word for surface water?
1 synonym found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈɜːfɪs wˈɔːtə], [ sˈɜːfɪs wˈɔːtə], [ s_ˈɜː_f_ɪ_s w_ˈɔː_t_ə]
Related words: water quality, watersheds, surface water flooding, surface water pollution, water type
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How to use «Surface water» in context?
Surface water comprises all streams, rivers, lakes and ocean waters that are not groundwater. Surface water is crystal clear and free of sediment. It is often called the «lifeblood» of a region because it provides drinking water, irrigation, and other basic needs.
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water surface
- water surface
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Англо-русский строительный словарь.
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2011.Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > water surface
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water surface
- зеркало водное
- водная поверхность
Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > water surface
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water surface
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > water surface
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water surface
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > water surface
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water surface
• поверхность, отделяющая воду от нефти
English-Russian dictionary of geology > water surface
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water surface
Англо-русский геоэкологический словарь > water surface
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water surface
Англо-русский технический словарь > water surface
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water surface
Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > water surface
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water surface
водное зеркало; водная поверхность
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Англо-русский словарь по экологии > water surface
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water surface
2) Техника: зеркало воды, поверхность воды, свободная поверхность воды, уровень поверхности воды, уровень свободной поверхности воды
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > water surface
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water surface
водная поверхность, водное зеркало
Англо-русский гидрогеологический словарь > water surface
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water surface
English-russian dictionary of physics > water surface
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water surface
English-Russian dictionary of chemistre > water surface
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water surface
Англо-русский морской словарь > water surface
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water surface
поверхность водоема
Pipeline dictionary > water surface
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water surface
English-Russian aviation meteorology dictionary > water surface
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water surface
English-Russian dictionary of technical terms > water surface
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water surface
English-Russian scientific dictionary > water surface
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water surface
English-Russian small dictionary of medicine > water surface
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water surface slope
- water surface slope
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Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык.
С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова.
1995.Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > water surface slope
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PRONUNCIATION OF SURFACE WATER
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SURFACE WATER
Surface water is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.
WHAT DOES SURFACE WATER MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Surface water
Surface water is water on the surface of the planet such as in a stream, river, lake, wetland, or ocean. It can be contrasted with groundwater and atmospheric water. Non-saline surface water is replenished by precipitation and by recruitment from ground-water. It is lost through evaporation, seepage into the ground where it becomes ground-water, used by plants for transpiration, abstracted by mankind for agriculture, living, industry etc. or discharged to the sea where it becomes saline.
Definition of surface water in the English dictionary
The definition of surface water in the dictionary is water found on the surface of the earth, for example in rivers, seas, lakes, reservoirs, etc.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SURFACE WATER
Synonyms and antonyms of surface water in the English dictionary of synonyms
Translation of «surface water» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF SURFACE WATER
Find out the translation of surface water to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of surface water from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «surface water» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
地表水
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
agua superficial
570 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
सतह पानी
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
المياه السطحية
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
поверхность воды
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
água de superfície
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
পৃষ্ঠ পানি
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
eau de surface
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
permukaan air
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
地表水
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
지표수
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Banyu lumahing
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
nước mặt
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
மேற்பரப்பு நீர்
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
भूतलावरील पाणी
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
Yüzey suları
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
acque di superficie
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
wody powierzchniowe
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
поверхня води
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
de apă de suprafață
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
επιφάνεια του νερού
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
oppervlak water
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
ytvatten
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
overflatevann
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of surface water
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURFACE WATER»
The term «surface water» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.670 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «surface water» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of surface water
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «surface water».
FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SURFACE WATER» OVER TIME
The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «surface water» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «surface water» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.
Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about surface water
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURFACE WATER»
Discover the use of surface water in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to surface water and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ground Water and Surface Water: A Single Resource
Sections include: natural processes of ground-water and surface-water interaction; effects of human activities on the interaction of ground water and surface water; and challenges and opportunities. Charts and tables.
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Urban Surface Water Management
This book covers all the major methods, and discusses other available, but little-known, concepts, tools, and techniques.
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Groundwater and Surface Water Pollution
The book defines groundwater, aquifers and surface water and discusses the physical properties of soils, liquids, vadose zones and aquifers.
David H.F. Liu, Bela G. Liptak, 1999
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Principles of surface water quality modeling and control
This book teaches the fundamentals and principles which underlie the mathematical modeling techniques used to analyze the quality of surface waters.
Robert V. Thomann, John A. Mueller, 1987
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Ground and Surface Water Hydrology
The text makes use of internet resources, such as free modeling tools, to help solve more complicated and real-world problems more quickly, and motivate interest in the topics.
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Kinematic Wave Modeling in Water Resources, Surface—Water …
This is the first book to provide a thorough reference to the application of KW methods to such problems as the spatial representation of watersheds, overland flow routing, and channel flow routing.
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Surface Water-Quality Modeling:
Chapra has organized this user-friendly text in a lecture format to engage students who want to assimilate information in manageable units.
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Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations, …
The primary sources of freshwater include: • Captured and stored rainfall in
cisterns and water jars • Groundwater from springs, artesian wells, and drilled or
dug wells • Surface water from lakes, rivers, and streams • Desalinized seawater
or …
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Isotopic Tracers in Surface Water
Additional Isotopes Other isotope tracers have been used as source and process
tracers in surface water systems, but are beyond the scope of this investigation.
The reader is encouraged to read Ingri et al. (1997) and Robinson and Botrell …
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Calibration, Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis in Surface …
QUAL2K (or Q2K) is a USEPA sponsored river and stream water quality model that was recently developed at Tufts University to represent a modernized version of the QUAL2E (or Q2E) model.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURFACE WATER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term surface water is used in the context of the following news items.
Lake Mead surface water level dips to new record low
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal water managers let the closely watched and regulated surface level at Lake Mead go to a new record low overnight, before guiding … «KRNV My News 4, Jun 15»
Don’t let Texas’ excess water go to waste
The past few weeks have highlighted a challenge for water resource managers … The prime locations for surface water reservoirs have already been developed … «TribTalk, Jun 15»
EPA: Fracking has polluted surface water but not groundwater (+video)
A long-awaited EPA report on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to drill for oil and gas, says the practice has not contaminated US water supplies, yet. «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 15»
California Agriculture To Face Strict Mandatory Water Cuts, Officials …
Agriculture, despite using 80 percent of the state’s developed water supply, wasn’t … The curtailment of surface water might send some farmers in search of … «ThinkProgress, May 15»
Agriculture is 80 percent of water use in California. Why aren’t …
California has a complex system of water rights, which evolved from a system of first dibs instituted by its early settlers. In the Western states, where surface water … «Washington Post, Apr 15»
California Has Only One Year of Water Left, Warns NASA Scientist
Thus far the Golden State has been relying on water in reservoir storage to survive, … up for surface water lost from drought-depleted lakes, rivers and reservoirs. «Nature World News, Mar 15»
California has about one year of water stored. Will you ration now?
Farmers have little choice but to pump more groundwater during droughts, especially when their surface water allocations have been slashed 80% to 100%. «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
Rights to California surface water far greater than average runoff
California over the last century has issued water rights that amount to roughly five times the state’s average annual runoff, according to new research that … «Los Angeles Times, Aug 14»
Viewpoints: Groundwater can’t be regulated without increasing …
For two years in a row, most of the family farms that depend on the state and federal water systems have received little to none of the surface water supplies they … «Sacramento Bee, Aug 14»
Western US states using up ground water at an alarming rate
A new study shows that ground water in the basin is being depleted six times faster than surface water. The groundwater losses, which take thousands of years … «Science AAAS, Jul 14»
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