eWater Glossary - Index
Top Terms
1st Order Kinetic Model k-C*
2CSalt
activated sludge
acute poison
aeration
aerobic
aerosol
aging
algae
algal bloom
anaerobic
Annual series
anoxic
antecedent storage condition
anthropogenic
aquatic macrophyte
artificial wetland
AsciiGrid Pre-processor
Attenuation
Australian drinking water guidelines
back-flow
back-washing and flushing
bacteria
bacteriophage
Baseflow index
Baseflow separation
basin area
basin area percentage
bathymetry
becquerel
benthos
best management practice
best planning practice
bio-filtration (bioretention) system
bioaccumulation
biochemical oxygen demand
biodegradable
biofilm
biological nutrient reduction
bioreactor
biota
Bird guard
buffer zone
buffering
Calendar year
cash flow budget
Celerity
Channel roughness (Manning’s n)
Channelisation
chemical coagulation
chemical nutrient reduction
chemical oxygen demand
chemistry
chlorophyll
chronic poisons
clarifier
Class A pan
coagulant
Coarse sediment
coliforms
colorimeter
community basins
composting toilets
computer software
concentration
conductivity
Constituent concentration
Constituent load
constructed (artificial) wetlands
constructed wetland
contaminant
Continuity equation
Contributor
cropping farming
cross banks
cryptosporidium
cyanobacteria
cysts
dairy farming
Data calculator
Data modification Tool
Decay (nutrient)
Decay model
demand management
denitrification
design disposal capacity
destratification
detention time
dewatering
diatoms
Differential attachment
diffuse source
digester
digital elevation model
direct potable reuse
direct recycling/reuse
disinfection
disinfection byproduct
dissolved air flotation
Dissolved oxygen
distillation
diversion licence
dozer licence
drainage system
drainage water
Dry weather concentration (mg/L)
dual reticulation
Ecology
effluent irrigation
electro-dialysis reversal
emergent aquatic macrophyte
EMSS Pre-Processing Tools
Enrichment
Entitlements and Trade Terminology
Environment Protection Agency
ephemeral
epiphytes
equivalent persons
estuarine
eutrophic
eutrophication
Event flow
Event mean concentration (mg/L)
expansion limited
Exponential decay
faecal streptococci
Falling limb
Farm Dam model
filter-strips
filtration
Financial year
Fine sediment
first flush
fish ladder
Fixed Concentration
floc
flood flows
Flood frequency curve
Flood Harvesting Diversion
Flood hydrograph
flood mitigation
Flood peak
flood retarding basin
floodplain
Flow
Flux
Gaussian distribution
Geomorphology
grazing farming
grey water
Grid Based Input Assignment
gross pollutant trap
Hazard map
horticultural farming
Hydraulic Analysis Module
Hydraulic conductivity
Hydraulic radius
hydrodynamics
Hysteresis
Infiltration capacity
Infiltration excess runoff
inflow (stormwater)
Interception
interception works
Isohyetal map
Kinematic wave
Kriging
Lagged flow
lateral flow
Laurenson Flow
Laurenson Lag Flow
leakage
leakage rate
linkage
Load-based Nutrient Delivery Ratio
Load-based Sediment Delivery Ratio
local-scale basins
log landings
Looped ratings
macrophyte
marginal cost
marginal revenue
Markov chain
Meander
Meander wavelength
Modelling Terms
Morton equation
multistage flash
Muskingum Flow
natural flow
net leakage
Nutrient storage
Nutrient transformation
oasis effect
Observed Runoff
Observed Surface Runoff
ocean outfall
off-allocation
on-farm basins
on-site system
Organisation
overturn
parasites
Partial series
Pass Through
peak wet weather flows
Penman Equation
Penman Montheith Equation
permanent pool
piston-flow
plug flow
pond
potable
potable recycling
potential disposal capacity
Power Function
preferential flow
preliminary treatment
Priestly Taylor Equation
production function
protected catchment
protozoa
rain rejection flows
Rainfall exceedance curve
Rainfall surface
Raster
Rating curve
reactor tank
receiving water
reclaimed water
Recursive digital filter
regional-scale basins
regulated water
reticulated supply
reverse osmosis
rhizomateous
Richard’s equation
riffle
Riparian Particulate Model
Rising limb
risk assessment
River Analysis Package
river freshes
River Systems Pre-processing Tools
saline disposal basins
salinity
salt export
salts
Saturation excess runoff
seasonality of flows
Sediment
Sediment load rate at sill
Sediment loading rate threshold
Sediment storage
sedimentation
semi-permeable membrane
Settling
settling tank
Settling velocity
Simple Urban Runoff Model
sirofloc
sleeper licence
sludge
sludge thickening
snig track
Soil water stores
Spatial interpolation
Spline interpolation
Split-sample test
Staff gauge
Stage height
stakeholder
stochastic
Stochastic Analysis Tool
Storage model
Storage Nutrient Deposition
Storage Sediment Deposition
Straight-through model
stratification
Streamflow
Streamflow gauge
submerged aquatic macrophyte
Sunken pan
Surface flow
Surface runoff
Suspended solids
system flexibility
Terrain Analysis Library
Thalweg
Thiessen interpolation
Thiessen weightings
Thin plate splines
Threshold
Time Series Analysis
Time Series Manager
trade waste
transpiration
treatment train
trickling filters
unaccounted for water
Units of Measurement
Universal Stormwater Treatment Model
unprotected catchment
unregulated water
unseasonal surplus flows
UV disinfection
vertical flow
wastewater
water application rate
water entitlement
Water Management and Operation Terms
Water Resource Terms
Water table
Water Terms
water transfers on substitution
water-harvesters
Watercress
Wetted perimeter
zoo-parasites
eWater Glossary Version: 1.0.1 — eWater CRC 2009-2011