Water Kit - Hunter Water
Water Kit - Hunter Water
Water Kit - Hunter Water
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Greenhouse effect<br />
The natural warming of the earth’s<br />
atmosphere due to a concentration of<br />
trace gases in the atmosphere which<br />
retard the escape of heat radiation.<br />
The enhanced greenhouse effect refers<br />
to the expected rise in the earth’s<br />
temperature due to the increase<br />
in greenhouse gas concentrations<br />
released because of human activity.<br />
Greenhouse gas<br />
Atmospheric gas which enhances the<br />
natural greenhouse effect, including<br />
carbon dioxide, methane, and<br />
chlorofluorocarbons.<br />
Grey water<br />
The wastewater from your shower, bath,<br />
basin, laundry and kitchen, but not your<br />
toilet waste.<br />
Groundwater<br />
All sub-surface water, such as artesian<br />
basins and sandbeds.<br />
Harvesting<br />
The collection of water from<br />
catchments for transportation<br />
to treatment works; followed by<br />
distribution to customers.<br />
Healthy Rivers Commission<br />
The Healthy Rivers Commission was<br />
established in 1995 as part of the NSW<br />
Government’s water reforms, which<br />
aim to improve the health of the state’s<br />
waterways. The Commission defined a<br />
healthy river as one whose conditions,<br />
as indicated by a broad range of<br />
environmental, social and economic<br />
characteristics, enables it to support<br />
the natural ecosystems, commercial<br />
activities and social amenity desired by<br />
the community.<br />
Heavy metals<br />
Occur naturally in the environment, ie<br />
iron, copper, nickel, mercury, etc.<br />
current generation, and that the current<br />
generation should conserve and protect<br />
resources for future generations.<br />
Intra-generational equity<br />
The distribution of wealth and<br />
consumption of resources between<br />
individuals, regions and countries at a<br />
particular point in time.<br />
Kilolitre<br />
1kL = 1,000 litres.<br />
Maturation ponds<br />
Large shallow ponds that naturally<br />
disinfect wastewater by exposure to<br />
sunlight, especially UV lightwaves.<br />
Megalitre<br />
1ML = 1,000 kL or 1,000,000 litres.<br />
Nutrients<br />
Compounds needed for growth by all<br />
plants and organisms, often refers to<br />
phosphorus and nitrogen.<br />
Phosphorus<br />
Plant nutrient naturally found in<br />
waterways, soils and excrement, and<br />
added to some cleaners, detergents<br />
and fertilisers.<br />
Potable<br />
Fit or suitable for drinking.<br />
Precipitation<br />
Any solid or liquid water particles<br />
falling to the earths’ surface from the<br />
atmosphere, this includes rain, snow,<br />
hail and sleet.<br />
Pristine<br />
Having its original purity.<br />
Uncontaminated.<br />
Rainwater tank<br />
A storage vessel used to collect<br />
rainwater from roofs for domestic or<br />
industrial use.<br />
Infrastructure, Planning & Natural<br />
Resources to control an area’s<br />
development in a sustainable way.<br />
Reticulation<br />
Separate networks of pipes that supply<br />
water to and remove wastewater from<br />
the properties of customers.<br />
Reservoir<br />
A storage tank built near consumers<br />
to receive bulk supplies of water from<br />
water treatment plants before final<br />
distribution to homes, institutions and<br />
industry.<br />
Retrofit<br />
The replacement of water and energy<br />
appliances with more efficient devices.<br />
Riparian<br />
Of or near the bank of a river or other<br />
body of water, a healthy riparian<br />
zone helps filter runoff before it enter<br />
waterways.<br />
Runoff<br />
Rainwater (or other precipitation) which<br />
runs over land to enter a waterway.<br />
It is usually associated with heavy<br />
downpours and is able to transport<br />
pollution into local creeks, rivers, lakes<br />
and harbours.<br />
Sandbeds<br />
Deep sand containing groundwater.<br />
Secondary treatment<br />
Biological wastewater treatment<br />
processes to remove fine dissolved<br />
organic solids.<br />
Septic<br />
Condition caused by low oxygen levels<br />
that produce odorous gases.<br />
Septic tank<br />
Underground tank for treatment of<br />
wastewater via bacterial activity.<br />
Hydrology<br />
Study of water and its behaviour eg<br />
flow characteristics in channels, pipes,<br />
waterways and aquifers.<br />
Infiltration<br />
<strong>Water</strong> entering the sewerage system via<br />
cracked pipes or faulty joints.<br />
Inter-generational equity<br />
The concept that future generations<br />
of people should be able to enjoy a<br />
quality of life as good or better than the<br />
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Receiving water<br />
A stream, river, lake or ocean that<br />
receives wastewater discharges or<br />
stormwater flows.<br />
Recycling<br />
Using water again for the same or<br />
another process, after a small form<br />
of treatment of purification has been<br />
completed.<br />
Regional Environment Plan<br />
Strategy developed by Dept.<br />
Sewage - see Wastewater<br />
Sewer<br />
Pipes transporting wastewater to<br />
wastewater treatment plants.<br />
Sewerage system<br />
Network of pipes, pumping stations<br />
and treatment works used to collect,<br />
transport, treat and discharge sewage.<br />
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