Arquivos: Glossário

Public water of the state in streams, rivers, lakes, springs or groundwater in excess of that necessary to satisfy prior existing water rights.

Uncertainty is a parameter associated with the result of measurement that characterizes the dispersion of the values that could be reasonably attributed to the measured amount

Aquifer containing water that is not under pressure; water level in a well is the same as the water table outside the well.

Deposit of loosely bound sediment that typically fills topographically low areas.

The program under the Safe Drinking Water Act that regulates the use of wells to pump fluids into the ground.

A tank located at least partially underground and designed to hold gasoline or other petroleum products or chemicals.

Subsurface water in the unsaturated and saturated zones. See also Ground water

A claim to the use of underground water where the use was initiated prior to 1935.

A stand of trees so widely spaced that even with full growth potential realized, crown closure will not occur.

(a) The layer formed by the crowns of smaller trees in a forest. (b) The trees beneath the forest canopy.