Glossary D

The Environmental Glossary. Letter D +++ Popular Articles: 'Disease', 'Development', 'Deposition'

A Distribution System is a network of pipes leading from a treatment plant to customers. plumbing systems.

A Disturbance is any event or series of events that disrupt ecosystem, community, or population structure and alters the physical environment.

A Diversion is 1. Use of part of a stream flow as water supply.

A Diversion Rate is the percentage of waste materials diverted from traditional Disposal such as landfilling or incineration to be recycled, composted, or re-used.

A Diversity is having great variety

A DNA Hybridization is Use of a segment of DNA, called a DNA probe, to identify its complementary DNA; used to detect specific genes.

A Dobson Unit (DU) is Units of ozone level measurement.

A Dock is To remove a cow's tail. This practice may keep cows udders cleaner, but may also result in cows being less content, especially in fly season.

The Document Control describes the policies and procedures used by an organization to ensure that its written activities and reports, and their revisions, are reviewed, approved for release, inventoried, distributed, archived, stored, and retrieved in accordance with the organization"s requirements.

The DOE-2 Model is a computer program that simulates hourly building Energy use. It is an international benchmark used as the basis for building standards in the U.S. and other countries.

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