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Water Supply Glossary - Spanish to English
Spanish | English |
EDAR (Estación depuradora de aguas residuale) | Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) |
ETAP ( Estación de Tratamiento de Agua Potable) | Drinking Water Treatment Plant (DWTP) |
Embalse | Reservior |
Presa | Dam |
Pozo | Well |
Fuente | Spring |
Reserva Hidrica | Water Reserve |
Ciclo del agua or ciclo hidrológico | hydrological cycle |
evaporación | evaporation |
condensación | condensation |
precipitación | precipitation, |
infiltración | infiltration, |
escorrentía | runoff, |
circulación subterránea | underground circulation |
fusión | melting |
solidificación | solidification |
embalse muerto | Dead reservoir, min water level below the lowest water intake from which no water can be withdrawn. |
agua dulce fresh water | |
Recarga de acuíferos | Recharge of aquifers or Groundwater recharge. |
Desalinización | Desalination |
Riego | Irrigation |
Riego de Precisión | Precision Irrigation |
Acuífero | Aquifer is a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater. |