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Anaerobic:

Conditions in a biological treatments system characterized by the absence of oxygen in any of its forms

Anoxic:

No oxygen present; nitrate instead of oxygen is used by the organisms

Aquifer:

A natural underground layer that contains water

BOD:

Biochemical oxygen demand, a measure of the organic carbon content in the wastewater

Brackish water:

Water that is neither fresh nor salt

Denitrification:

The conversion of nitrate-nitrogen to gaseous nitrogen through anoxic cell growth

Desalination:

The changing of salt or brackish water into fresh water

Eutrophication:

A significant increase in the concentration of chemical nutrients in an ecosystem

Evaporation:

The process of liquid water becoming water vapor

Fresh water:

Water that contains only small amounts of dissolved solids

Groundwater:

Water that is pumped from aquifers

Nitrification:

The conversion of ammonia-nitrogen to nitrite and nitrate-nitrogen through cell growth

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