Glossary C

The Environmental Glossary. Letter C +++ Popular Articles: 'Carbon', 'Characteristic', 'Concentration'

German: Müllabfuhr
A Collector is a public or private hauler that collects nonhazardous waste and recyclable materials from residential, commercial, institutional and industrial sources.

Collector Sewers are Pipes used to collect and carry wastewater from individual sources to an interceptor sewer that will carry it to a treatment facility.

Colloids are Very small, finely divided solids (that do not dissolve) that remain dispersed in a liquid for a long time due to their small size and electrical charge.

A Colostrum is First milk following calving. High in fat, protein, and immunoglobulins that may be directly absorbed by the newborn Calf in its first 24 hours of life.

A Combination Foundations is Buildings constructed with more than one foundation type; e.g., basement/crawlspace or basement/slab-on-grade.

A Combined Heat and Power is Combined Heat and Power (CHP), also known as cogeneration, is an efficient,

A Combined Heat and Power (CHP) is the generation of electricity and the capture and use of otherwise wasted Heat Energy byproducts. A CHP system is also referred to as cogeneration.

- Combined sewer overflow: A combined sewer overflow (CSO) is sewer systems in which sanitary waste and stormwater are combined in heavy rains; this is especially common in older cities. The Discharge from CSOs

Combined Sewer Overflows are Discharge of a mixture of storm water and domestic waste when the flow capacity of a sewer system is exceeded during rainstorms.

A Combined Sewers is a sewer system that carries both sewage and storm-water runoff. Normally, its entire flow goes to a waste treatment plant, but during a heavy storm, the volume of

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