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Impact moling.
A microtunnelling machine in which mechanical pressure is used to balance pressures in the surrounding soil during the tunnelling operation and so prevent heave or subsidence.
Rio Earth Summit.
A legal right to move past or over land e.g. the riparian right of an upstream landowner to discharge water downstream where neither bank of the watercourse belongs to him.
Expanded bed biofilm reactor.
Empty bed contact time.
The use of a stream of high energy electrons for disinfection.
Enhanced biological phosphorus removal. See biological phosphorus removal.
Electrical conductivity.
(1) The European Commission (2) The European Community, now replaced by the European Union (EU).
See European Union Directive.
European Court of Justice.
Many types of Enteric Cytopathogenic Human Orphan virus can cause gastroenteritis. Some may be waterborne.
A bacterium of faecal origin which forms 90% of the coliform group in the human intestine. It is normally distinguishable from other coliforms by its ability to grow at 44 C in MacConkey s broth. A few strains are pathogenic ( see below). For drinking water, no sample should contain any E. coli.
A serotype of E. coli that is a dangerous pathogen causing serious diseases including liver...
