NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)

Meaning of NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) in English

part of the Clean Water Act requiring municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities to obtain permits which specify the types and amounts of pollutants that may be discharged into water bodies.

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POLLUTANT — noun Date: 1892 something that pollutes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SYSTEM — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Small Computer System Interface ABO blood group system actor manager system American System of …
Английский словарь Британика
NATIONAL — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) National Biscuit Company National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Broadcasting Co. Acadia National Park …
Английский словарь Британика
NATIONAL — I. ˈnashən ə l, -shnəl, -ˈnaash-, ˈnaish- adjective Etymology: Middle French, from nation + -al 1. : of or relating …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISCHARGE — I. də̇s(h)ˈchärj, ˈdis(h)ˌch-, -chȧj verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English dischargen, from Middle French descharger, from Old French deschargier, …
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SYSTEM — ˈsistə̇m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Late Latin systema, from Greek systēma, from synistanai to bring together, combine, from syn- …
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POLLUTANT — pəˈlüt ə nt noun ( -s ) : something that pollutes : a polluting substance, medium, or agent domestic wastes …
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ELIMINATION
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POLLUTANT — /peuh looht"nt/ , n. 1. something that pollutes. 2. any substance, as certain chemicals or waste products, that renders the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NATIONAL — — nationally , adv. /nash"euh nl, nash"neuhl/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or maintained by a nation as an …
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POLLUTANT — n. contaminant, material that soils or dirties
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DISCHARGE — I. dis-ˈchärj, ˈdis-ˌ verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French descharger, from Late Latin discarricare, from Latin dis- + Late Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POLLUTANT — noun Date: 1892 : something that pollutes
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELIMINATION — noun the act of expelling or throwing off. 2. elimination ·noun the act of obtaining by separation, or as the …
Webster English vocab
DISCHARGE — vt to let fly, as a missile; to shoot. 2. discharge ·vt to prohibit; to forbid. 3. discharge ·vt legal …
Webster English vocab
POLLUTANT — [pol.lut.ant] n (1892): something that pollutes
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POLLUTANT — pollutant BrE AmE pə ˈluːt ə nt -ˈljuːt- ▷ pollutant|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NATIONAL — national BrE AmE ˈnæʃ ə n‿ ə l ▷ national|s z ▶ ˌ national ˈ anthem BrE AmE ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ELIMINATION — elimination BrE AmE i ˌlɪm ɪ ˈneɪʃ ə n ə-, -ə- ▷ elimination|s z
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SYSTEM — / ˈsɪstəm; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] system (of / for sth) an organized set of ideas or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLLUTANT — / pəˈluːtənt; NAmE / noun ( formal ) a substance that pollutes sth, especially air and water
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NATIONAL — / ˈnæʃnəl; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] 1. connected with a particular nation; …
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DISCHARGE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYSTEM — sys ‧ tem S1 W1 /ˈsɪstəm, ˈsɪstɪm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ system , ↑ systematization …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POLLUTANT — pol ‧ lut ‧ ant /pəˈluːt ə nt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a substance that makes air, water, soil etc …
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NATIONAL — I. na ‧ tion ‧ al 1 S1 W1 /ˈnæʃ ə nəl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : …
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NATIONAL — National, the BrE AmE 1 . the ↑ Grand National 2 . the ↑ National Theatre
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ELIMINATION — e ‧ lim ‧ i ‧ na ‧ tion AC /ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃ ə n, ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] …
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DISCHARGE — I. dis ‧ charge 1 /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ $ -ɑːr-/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NATIONAL
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NATIONAL
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NATIONAL
Oxford English vocab
SYSTEM — ( systems) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A system is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLLUTANT — ( pollutants) Pollutants are substances that pollute the environment, especially gases from vehicles and poisonous chemicals produced as waste by …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NATIONAL — ( nationals) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. National means relating to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLLUTANT — (~s) Pollutants are substances that pollute the environment, especially gases from vehicles and poisonous chemicals produced as waste by industrial …
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SYSTEM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a class system/structure (= a social system that has classes ) ▪ He felt he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POLLUTANT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE chemical ▪ Transport and Chemical Transformation of pollutants in the Troposphere. ▪ Compounding scarcity …
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NATIONAL
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ELIMINATION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES elimination diet COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE total ▪ Maximum clarity, he wrote, for as …
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DISCHARGE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POLLUTANT — [noun] [C]Sulphur dioxide is one of several pollutants that are released into the atmosphere by coal-fired power stations.
Cambridge English vocab
ELIMINATION — [noun] [U]elimination of disease/painelimination from the competitionWe found the answer by a process of elimination (= by removing from several …
Cambridge English vocab
SYSTEM — n. free enterprise system Small Computer System Interface ABO blood group system actor manager system American System of manufacture Apgar …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NATIONAL — National Railroad Passenger Corp. National Biscuit Company National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Broadcasting Co. Acadia National Park African National …
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DISCHARGE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POLLUTANT — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
POLLUTANT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ air , atmospheric , environmental , water ▪ biological , chemical , hazardous , organic , toxic …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NATIONAL — n. 25B6; adjective national politics : STATE, public, federal, governmental; civic, civil, domestic, internal. a national strike : NATIONWIDE, countrywide, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DISCHARGE — n. 25B6; verb he was discharged from the RAF : DISMISS, eject, expel, throw out, give someone notice, make redundant; …
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POLLUTANT — Any substance which is harmful to plant, animal or human life. Stormwater is the major source of pollutants to Florida's …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
NPDES — "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System" the name of the surface water quality program authorized by Congress as part of the …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
DISCHARGE — v. 1 release, let out, dismiss, let go, send away; pardon, exonerate, liberate, (set) free, acquit, let off, absolve She …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SYSTEM — An orderly, interconnected, complex arrangement of parts. See air filtration system , air injection reaction system , anti-lock brake system …
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms
POLLUTANT — See exhaust emissions .
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms
POLLUTANT — Particles, gases, or liquid aerosols in the atmosphere which have an undesirable effect on humans or their surroundings. Something unfavorable …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
POLLUTANT — Substance that is present in concentrations that may harm organisms (humans, plants and animals) or exceed an environmental quality standard. …
Fishery English Glossary
POLLUTANT — сущ.; спец. загрязняющий агент поллютант, загрязнитель окружающей среды, загрязняющий агент pollutant спец. загрязняющий агент
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NATIONAL — 1. прил. 1) народный, национальный, относящийся к какой-л. нации national feelings ≈ национальные чувства national self-determination ≈ национальное самоопределение national …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELIMINATION — удаление; исключение; выбрасывание - * of the impossible исключение невозможного отсев; выбывание (тж. спорт.) - * process процесс отбора (кандидатов …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DISCHARGE — 1. сущ. 1) разгрузка The discharge of her cargo began on the 14th Nov. ≈ Разгрузка судна началась 14 ноября. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POLLUTANT — Загрязняющее вещество
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SYSTEM — system.ogg ʹsıstım n 1. 1> система; способ; метод a good system of teaching French - хорошая система /-ий метод/ обучения …
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POLLUTANT — pollutant.ogg pəʹlu:t(ə)nt n поллютант, загрязнитель окружающей среды, загрязняющий агент
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