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Measurement of rainfall, evaporation, and capillarity in the Seine

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Perrault

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Piezometer

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Bernoulli

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3
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Current meter

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Woltman

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4
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Law of Groundwater Flow

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Darcy

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5
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Use of statistics in hydrologic analysis

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Hazen

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6
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Determining rainfall excess based on infiltration theory

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Horton

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7
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Nonequilibrium theory of hydraulics

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Theis

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8
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Relationship between contaminated water and cholera

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John Snow

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Relationship between water contamination and thypoid

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William Budd

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First experiments on the aeration of sewage was carried out by

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W.D. Scott-Monctieff

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11
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Sanitary landfilling

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Daily soil cover, no open burning, no water pollution problem

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Pollution problems that are confined to one of the systems are called

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Single-medium problem

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13
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Pollution problem that are not confined in one system but cross the boundaries from one to another

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Multimedia pollution problem

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14
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Two major sources used to supply community and industrial needs

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surface water and groundwater

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15
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Factors that influence water consumption

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Climate, Industrial Activity, Meterage, System Management, Standard of Living

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16
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measure for demand of water

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per capita basis

17
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most important factor affecting the demand for water

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climate

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WWTP

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Wastewater Treatment Plant

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POTW

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Public Owned Treatment Works

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Designed to carry municipal wastewater from homes and commercial establishments

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sanitary sewers

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Designed to handle excess rainwater and snow melt to prevent flooding of low areas

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storm sewers

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Used to accommodate both municipal and storm water

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Combined sewer

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Location of the sewage pump when the sewage of pump vertically to discharge into a gravity sewer at a higher elevation

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lift station

24
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likely to decompose

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putrescible

25
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Balance of the cost and benefit for obtaining a desired quality of water

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air resource management

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Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own need.

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Sustainable development (WCED,1987)

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