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BULK WATER [3 records]

Record 1 2021-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Supply
  • Water Resources Management
DEF

The potable water that is intended for human consumption that is conveyed and dispensed from an approved transport vehicle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation en eau
  • Gestion des ressources en eau

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
DEF

Water that is not attached to sludge solids in any way and can be removed by simple gravitational settling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

L'eau libre constitue la majorité de la fraction d'eau dans la boue, soit environ 2/3 du volume. Elle est située entre les flocs de boue et aucune force d'interaction ne s'applique sur elle, d'où le nom «eau libre».

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Geochemistry
CONT

... water close to a solid surface is apt to differ in solute content from nearby water that is farther from the solid surface (we shall call the latter "bulk water"). When a wet sediment is squeezed, it is probable that the bulk water is expelled more readily than the surface-adsorbed water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Géochimie
CONT

[...] l'eau avoisinant une surface solide est susceptible d'être différente, par sa teneur en soluté, de l'eau toute proche, mais plus éloignée de la surface solide (nous l'appellerons «eau libre»).

Spanish

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