Glossary C

The Environmental Glossary. Letter C +++ Popular Articles: 'Community', 'Contaminant', 'Contamination'

A Contaminant Level is a measure of how much of a Contaminant is present

Deutsch: Kontaminierter Boden / Español: Suelo contaminado / Português: Solo contaminado / Français: Sol contaminé / Italiano: Suolo contaminato

Contaminated soil in the environmental context refers to the presence of hazardous substances, pollutants, or toxins in the soil at levels that pose a risk to human health, the environment, or both. Soil contamination can result from a variety of sources, including industrial activities, agricultural chemicals, waste disposal, and accidental spills. These contaminants can include heavy metals (like lead and mercury), pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and many others.

Deutsch: Verschmutzung / Español: Contaminación / Português: Contaminação / Français: Contamination / Italiano: Contaminazione /

A Contamination is Introduction into water, air, and soil of microorganisms, chemicals, toxic substances, wastes, or wastewater in a Concentration that makes the medium unfit for its

A Contamination Source Inventory is an inventory of Contaminant sources within delineated State Water-Protection Areas. Targets likely sources for further investigation.

A Continental Climate is a climate lacking oceanic influence and characterized by more extreme temperatures than marine climates.

Deutsch: Notfallplan / Español: Plan de contingencia / Português: Plano de contingência / Français: Plan de contingence / Italiano: Piano di contingenza /

A Contingency Plan is a document setting out an organized, planned, and coordinated course of action to be followed in case of a fire, explosion, or other accident that releases toxic

Deutsch: Kontinuierlich / Español: Continuo / Português: Contínuo / Français: Continu / Italiano: Continuo /

Continuous is a Characteristic of an attribute that is conceptualized as a surface over some region. Examples are certain attributes of a resource, such as

A Continuous Discharge is a routine Release to the environment that occurs without interruption, except for infrequent shutdowns for maintenance, process changes, etc.

A Continuous flow system is the continuous use, by an industry, of Deionized water to remove contaminants from Products and equipment (Brown and Caldwell, 1990).

- Continuous Sample : A Continuous Sample is a flow of water, waste or other material from a particular place in a plant to the location where samples are collected for testing. May be used to obtain grab

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