air and water pollution

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• Water pollution — Raw sewage and industrial waste flows across international borders New River passes from Mexicali to Calexico, California. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater). Water p …   Wikipedia

• water pollution — State resulting when substances are released into a body of water, where they become dissolved or suspended in the water or deposited on the bottom, accumulating to the extent that they overwhelm its capacity to absorb, break down, or recycle… …   Universalium

• Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (New South Wales) — The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (formerly Department of Environment and Conservation and Department of Environment and Climate Change) (DECC) was the peak environmental regulator in the state of New South Wales, Australia …   Wikipedia

• pollution — noun 1) air and water pollution Syn: contamination, adulteration, impurity; dirt, filth, toxins, infection; smog 2) the pollution of young minds Syn: corruption, defilement, poisoning …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Water politics — Water politics, sometimes called hydropolitics, is politics affected by water and water resources.The first use of the term, hydropolitics, came in the book by John Waterbury, entitled Hydropolitics of the Nile Valley, Syracuse University Press,… …   Wikipedia

• Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment — The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) is a research program of the World Climate Research Programme intended to observe, comprehend and models the Earth s water cycle. The experiment also observes how much energy the Earth receives …   Wikipedia

• pollution — 01. Air [pollution] is a serious problem in every city, due to smog created largely by private automobiles. 02. The government has to do more to find and charge companies that [pollute] our environment. 03. Some of the lakes around this area have …   Grammatical examples in English

• air — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 gas/space ADJECTIVE ▪ hot, warm ▪ chill, cold, cool, crisp ▪ clean, clear …   Collocations dictionary

• pollution — The disposal into the environment of substances that cannot be made harmless by normal biological processes. As part of a wider and increasing concern for environmental issues, the costs of industrialization are being assessed in terms of… …   Big dictionary of business and management

• Land pollution — is the degradation of earth s land surfaces often caused by human activities and their misuse of land resources. Haphazard disposal of urban and industrial wastes, exploitation of minerals, and improper use of soil by inadequate agricultural… …   Wikipedia

• Pollution atmosphérique — Pollution de l air Pollution de l ère industrielle La pollution de l air (ou pollution atmosphérique) est un type de pollution défini par une altération de la pureté de l air, par une ou plusieurs substances ou particules présentes à des… …   Wikipédia en Français