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

A Contamination is defined as the introduction into water, air, and soil of microorganisms, chemicals, toxic substances, wastes, or wastewater in a Concentration that makes the medium unfit for its next intended use. Also applies to surfaces of objects, buildings, and various household and agricultural use products. A contamination is also called pollution. Contamination can be naturally occurring or manmade.

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

A Contour Plowing is Soil tilling method that follows the shape of the land to discourage erosion.

A Contour Strip Farming is a kind of contour farming in which row crops are planted in strips, between alternating strips of close-growing, erosion-resistant Forage crops.

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