Assimilative Capacity: natural ability of soil and water to use and decompose potential pollutants without harmful effects to the environment.
assimilative capacity
The amount of pollutants that a water body may absorb while maintaining corresponding water quality standards including the protection of best use.
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Assimilative Capacity - The ability of air, a natural body of water, or soil to effectively degrade and/or disperse chemical substances.
Assimilative capacity: The capacity of natural water to receive wastewaters or toxic materials without negative effects and without damage to aquatic life or humans who consume the water.
waste load allocation The maximum load of pollutants each discharger of waste is allowed to release into a particular waterway. The portion of a stream's total assimilative capacity assigned to an individual discharge or to a combination of point ...
Discharge limits are usually required for each specific water quality criterion that is being violated, or that is expected to be violated. The terms also applies to a portion of a stream's total assimilative capacity assigned to an individual ...
 See also: Water, Waste, Water quality, Pollutant, Contaminant
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