...excessive concentrations of plant nutrients causing excessive algal production. (See: dystrophic lakes.) Eutrophication The slow aging process during which...phosphorus Human activities can accelerate the process. Evaporation Ponds Areas where sewage sludge is dumped and allowed to dry out. Evapotranspiration The...

...protect DO in waste-receiving waters. Head of tide: Landward limit of tidal influence within an estuary. Eutrophication: The slow aging process during which...phosphorus. Human activities can accelerate the process. Marine biota: All of the living material in a marine area; often refers to vegetation. National Pollutant...

...Fertilizers RT Lakes RT Nutrients RT Water Pollution SO Environmental Protection Agency Glossary DEF (EPA) The slow aging process during which a lake, estuary,...phosphorus. Human activities can accelerate the process. EVAPORATION PONDS (EPA) DA October 12, 1990 BT1 Sites/Areas RT Holding Ponds RT Impoundment RT Sewage...

...supply of nutrients entering a lake, estuary, or bay may hasten eutrophication, which EPA defines as a process "during which a lake, estuary, or bay evolves into a bog or marsh and eventually disappears." As the water body ages, it accumulates the nutrients leading to algae growth, and, during later stages...

...in certain industrial processes. Extremely toxic and found to be a carcinogen in laboratory animals. Eutrophication The slow aging process during which...During the later stages of eutrophication the water is choked by abundant plant life as the result of increase amounts of nutritive compounds such as nitrogen...

...natural eutrophication. the slow, natural, aging process whereby a lake, large river, estuary, or hay evolves into a bog or marsh and eventually disappears....the later stages of eutrophication the water body is oxygen poor and choked by abundant plant life as the result of increased amounts of nutritive compounds...

...nutrients reduces the dissolved oxygen, producing an environment that favors plant over animal life. eutrophication The slow aging process during which...phosphorus. Human activities can accelerate the process. EVA See extravehicular activity. evaporation The change of a substance from the solid or liquid phase...

...and states during all types of hazardous waste site emergencies and spills of hazardous substances. eutrophication — The slow aging process during which...nutritive compounds such as nitrogen and phosphorus. evaporation ponds — Areas where sewage sludge is dumped and dried. exposure — The amount of radiation...

...soil, or air) and through which chemicals or pollutants move. See ambient medium, biological medium. eutrophication — The slow aging process during which...bog or marsh and eventually disappears. During the latter stages of eutrophication the water body is choked by abundant plant life as the result of increased...

...oxygen depletion, natural eutrophication. the slow, natural, aging process whereby a lake, large river, estuary, or bay evolves into a bog or marsh and eventually...later stages of eutrophication, the water body is oxygen poor and choked by abundant plant life as the result of increased amounts of nutritive compounds...