Raw water: Intake water before any treatment or use.
RCRA: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - federal legislation requiring that hazardous waste be tracked from "cradle" (generation) to "grave" (disposal).
Raw Water: Intake water prior to any treatment or use.
Re-entry: In indoor air programs, refers to air exhausted from a building that is immediately brought back into the system through the air intake and other openings.
raw water main A water main which conveys untreated water from a source to a treatment facility.
raw water sample A water sample gathered prior to treatment of any kind.
RAW WATER: Untreated water.
RECLAIMED WATER: Water that is used more than one time before it passes back into the natural water cycle. Wastewater that has been treated to a level that allows for its reuse for a beneficial purpose.
RAW WATER
Surface or groundwater that is available as a source of drinking water but has not received any treatment.
RECHARGE AREA ...
raw water. 1) Water in its natural state, prior to any treat-
ment. 2) Usually the water entering the first treatment
process of a water treatment plant.
Term example: raw water
Definition: Natural water that is untreated.
RAC (See regional activity centre) ...
Raw Water
Reaeration
Real-Time Monitoring
Reasonable Further Progress
Reasonable Maximum Exposure
Reasonable Worst Case
Reasonably Available Control Measures (RACM)
Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT)
Recarbonization ...
Water purification is the removal of contaminants from raw water to produce drinking water that is pure enough for human consumption.
Transmission Lines: Pipelines that transport raw water from its source to a water treatment plant, then to the distribution grid system.
Trans-missivity: The ability of an aquifer to transmit water.
Slow Sand Filtration: Passage of raw water through a bed of sand at low velocity, resulting in substantial removal of chemical and biological contaminants.
Pipelines that transport raw water from its source to a water treatment plant.
Transmissivity
The ability of an aquifer to transmit water.
 See also: Water, Waste, Reduce, Environment, Treatment
  
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