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Record 1 1993-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
CONT

Hydrogen sulfide gas is a common cause of odor in water supplies. The "rotten-egg" smell of this gas may be encountered in water that has been in contact with naturally occurring deposits of decaying organic matter. Groundwater supplies sometimes have this problem; the wells are called "sulfur wells".

OBS

"well": issue of water from the earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
OBS

Proposition sur le modèle de «sulfur spring» (source IWATE) et de «source sulfureuse» (source OLFEB), qui se retrouvent sur une fiche TERMIUM.

OBS

«sulfureux» : Qui contient de l'hydrogène sulfuré. [P. ex. :] «Source sulfureuse». [Aussi :] Qui sent le soufre [...]

Spanish

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