Abstract
Technical and legal terms commonly used by environmental water engineers are introduced. This chapter covers mainly the glossary terms used in the following two books:
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Advances in Water Resources Engineering and
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Modern Water Resources Engineering,
The above Two books form a miniseries in the field of water resources engineering.
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Wang, MH., Wang, L. (2015). Environmental Water Engineering Glossary. In: Yang, C., Wang, L. (eds) Advances in Water Resources Engineering. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11023-3_10
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