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raw water [1 record]

Record 1 2015-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
DEF

The water which has received no treatment whatsoever, or water entering a plant for further treatment.

CONT

The waters from some surface and ground sources ... need no purification, but they may be chlorinated as a precaution ... Other raw waters contain objectionable substances in varying degrees that must be removed, reduced to tolerable limits, destroyed, or otherwise changed in character to the point of acceptability.

OBS

raw water: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Traitement des eaux
DEF

Eau qui n'a subi aucun traitement de quelque sorte qu'il soit, ou eau qui entre dans une station afin d'y être traitée.

OBS

eau brute : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

eau brute : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del agua
  • Tratamiento del agua
DEF

Agua que hasta ahora no ha recibido ningún tratamiento, o agua que entra a una planta para tratamiento o para tratamiento adicional.

OBS

Agua residual sin tratar.

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