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DRAINAGE EAUX USEES [5 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

Ministry of Environment.

OBS

...provides for the protection of receiving waters from industrial and municipal point sources and urban and rural non-point sources of wastewater discharges and land drainage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
OBS

Ministère de l’Environnement.

OBS

... veille à la protection des étendues d’eau en assurant le contrôle des eaux usées provenant de sources ponctuelles industrielles et municipales, et de sources non ponctuelles urbaines et rurales, y compris les eaux de drainage du sol.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
  • Sewers and Drainage
DEF

A fixed appliance usually supplied with water and used for drinking, cleaning or foulwater disposal. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

CONT

Plumbing fixtures may be as varied in form and color as the imagination of designers and manufacturers can make them ...

OBS

sanitary fitting: the term "fitting" is usually used in the plural.

OBS

sanitary appliance : term standardized by ISO.

OBS

plumbing fixture; sanitary fixture; fixture: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • sanitary fittings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
  • Égouts et drainage
DEF

Tout réceptacle, récipient, renvoi de plancher ou équipement, avec ou sans alimentation d’eau, recevant ou pouvant recevoir des eaux usées qui se déversent directement ou indirectement dans un système de drainage.

OBS

appareil sanitaire : terme normalisé par l’ISO.

OBS

appareil sanitaire; appareil de plomberie : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aparatos sanitarios
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
DEF

Receptáculo, aparato o dispositivo que puede descargar aguas negras o aguas grises y que incluye el drenaje de piso.

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Record 3 2011-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
DEF

A process of wastewater disposal in which wastewater is applied to a depth of about one foot, by means of distributors, on a land area surrounded by low earth embankments. This procedure allows the wastewater to percolate through the soil to the underdrains, from which it is discharged into a main ditch or drain.

CONT

In flood irrigation, all the sewage is permitted to seep through the ground and is usually collected in underdrains. ... Unless the sewage is treated before irrigation, ... clogging usually occurs ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Épuration des eaux usées au moyen d’un réseau de drainage pour l'évacuation de l'eau après son traitement par le sol.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Operational wastewater sources include CT release water, mine drainage, basal aquifer water, coker and upgrader waste waters, sewage treatment system wastewaters and cooling waters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Les eaux usées proviennent de plusieurs sources dans une exploitation de sables bitumineux. [...] Les eaux d’exploitation comprennent les eaux libérées par les RC [résidus composites], les eaux de drainage de l'exploitation, les eaux de l'aquifère de fond, les eaux usées de cokéfaction et de traitement, les eaux usées résiduaires des systèmes d’épuration des eaux-vannes et les eaux de refroidissement.

OBS

eaux d’exploitation : terme inusité au singulier.

Key term(s)
  • eau d’exploitation

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage

Spanish

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