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POINT REJET [3 records]

Record 1 2011-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
CONT

When pollutants enter the waterway through a specific entry point, such as a drainpipe draining directly into a river, it's called point source pollution. ... Point source pollution can be traced to a specific discharge point and owner; therefore, it has been the easiest source of pollution to control and regulate.

Key term(s)
  • point of discharge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
CONT

[L'erreur] consiste à considérer que les effluents nocifs ne pourront exercer leurs méfaits que dans le voisinage immédiat du point de rejet.

Spanish

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

Lugar de vertido de aguas contaminadas o de líquidos contaminantes.

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Record 2 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
DEF

A point at which substances are released into the environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Lieu de la première rencontre d'une émission avec l'atmosphère.

CONT

[...] il se créera autour du point d'émission une zone de grande concentration du polluant considéré.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
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Record 3 2000-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dredging
  • Environment
CONT

Bathymetric surveys showed the dredged material accumulated in a layer no more than 1.5 m thick in the vicinity of the release point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dragage
  • Environnement
CONT

[...], des relevés bathymétriques ont permis de constater qu'il y a accumulation des matériaux dragués sur une épaisseur maximale de 1,5 m dans la zone immédiate du point de rejet.

Spanish

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