Glossary Terms

Matter (feces) containing or derived from animal or human bodily wastes that are discharged through the anus.

Free available (residual) chlorine.

The state of an ion exchanger or other adsorbent that is no longer capable of effective function due to the depletion of the initial supply of […]

The rate with which one ion is displaced in favor of another in an ion exchanger.

One of the members of the coliform bacteria group normally found in human and animal intestines and indicative of fecal contamination when found in water. Determination […]

The process in which material is worn away by a stream of air or liquid, often due to the presence of abrasive particles in the stream; […]

The weight in grams of an element, compound or ion that yields (or per) one ionic valence charge (or one reactive proton).

A chemical reaction which proceeds primarily in one direction until the concentrations of reactants and products reach an equilibrium.

The state in which the action of multiple forces produce a steady balance or seeming lack of change.