['E' WORDS]

Tell a friend about the Tech Tree!

Home Pages

Glossary

The follow definitions are used in the description of the cleanup technologies

Skip to Words:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

'E' WORDS

effluent	A waste liquid discharge from a treatment process.
EIS	Environmental Impact Statement
EPA	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
evapotranspiration	Loss of water from a land area through transpiration of plants and evaporation from soil.
ex-situ	Moved from its original place, not in-place. See definition of in-situ.
exposure pathway	The route of contaminants from the source of contamination to potential contact through a medium (air, soil, surface water, or groundwater) to a human or environmental receptor.
extraction	The act of obtaining from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure or distillation.

Note: A majority of the terms and definitions are based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields Innovative Technology Glossary . Some definitions have been modified/enhanced to support the Tech Tree text.

Skip to Words:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

This page was last updated OCTOBER 26, 1998
Please E-mail comments/questions about the Tech Tree to:
cpeo@cpeo.org