Diversion rate
The rate or percentage of a potentially recyclable material that has been diverted out of the waste disposal stream and therefore not put into landfills
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diversion dam
A structure or barrier that diverts part of or all the water of a stream to a different course.
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DIVERSION CREDITS A financial incentive provided to municipalities or private recycling operations based on the tonnage diverted from the waste stream.
Diversion Rate: measure of the amount of waste material being diverted for recycling compared with the total amount previously thrown away.
Drawdown: vertical drop of the water level in a well during pumping.
Diversion: The transfer of water from a stream, lake, aquifer, or other source of water by a canal, pipe, well, or other conduit to another watercourse or to the land, as in the case of an irrigation system.
Diversion: 1. Use of part of a stream flow as water supply. 2. A channel with a supporting ridge on the lower side constructed across a slope to divert water at a non-erosive velocity to sites where it can be used and disposed of.
diversion
to remove water from a water body. Diversions may be used to protect bottomland from hillside runoff, divert water away from active gullies, or protect buildings from runoff.
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diversion 1) The taking of water from a stream or other body of water into a canal, pipe, or other conduit. 2) A channel with a supporting ridge on the lower side constructed across a slope to divert water at a non-erosive velocity to sites where ...
diversion. 1) Use of part of a stream flow as a water
supply. 2) A structural conveyance (or ditch) constructed
across a slope to intercept runoff flowing down a hillside, ...
Waste Diversion: The process of diverting waste from ending up in a landfill through recycling and composting efforts.
Diversion of organic food waste and yard trimmings from the municipal waste stream by composting hem in one's yard through controlled decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi into a humus-like product.
Diversion Rate
The percentage of waste materials diverted from traditional disposal such as landfilling or incineration to be recycled, composted, or re-used.
Domestic Application ...
Exhaust Gas Recirculation System (EGR) - The controlled diversion of some of the combustion gases back into the combustion chamber, lowering the combustion temperature and reducing nitrogen oxides in the engine.
(1) Generally, a term used to describe the slowing, modification, or diversion of the flow of water as with Detention and Retention.
Unconsumed water which returns to its source or some other water body after its diversion as surface water or its extraction from the ground.
Silviculture
Management of forest land for timber.
Water rights where all users of water on an irrigation canal or an acequia have the same priority date of use and there is only one point of diversion for a common ditch or canal.
cubic meter
264 U.S. gallons or 219.82 Imperial gallons ...
Riparian Rights: Entitlement of a land owner to certain uses of water on or bordering the property, including the right to prevent diversion or misuse of upstream waters. Generally a matter of state law.
riparian rights : A doctrine of state water law under which a land owner is entitled to use the water on or bordering his property, including the right to prevent diversion or misuse of upstream waters.
designed to increase supplies in a groundwater reservoirs through various methods such as water spreading (flooding), ditches, and pumping techniques; and [3] Incidental Recharge which consists of actions, such as irrigation and water diversion, ...
 See also: Waste, Organic, Water, Soil, Condition
  
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