EXTRACTION WELLS

Wells that are used primarily to remove groundwater from the ground. Water level measurements and water samples can also be collected from extraction wells.Source: Department of Toxic Substance Control – California – USA

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EXPOSURE PATHWAYS

Existing or hypothetical routes by which chemicals in soil, groundwater or other media can come in to contact with humans, animals or plants. Source: Department of Toxic Substance Control – California – USA

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EXPOSURE

The amount of radiation or pollutant present in an environment which represents a potential health threat to the living organisms in that environment

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EXCRETAS HUMANAS Y ANIMALES

Son residuos semi-sólidos patogénicos que deben ser eliminados totalmente de toda área pública o privada. Fuentes: REGLAMENTO GESTIÓN DE RESIDUOS SÓLIDOS – Ministerio de Desarrollo Sostenible y Medio Ambiente da Bolivia

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EVAPOTRANSPIRATION

The loss of water from the soil both by evaporation and by transpiration from the plants growing in the soil.(World Bank)

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EVALUACIÓN DE IMPACTO AMBIENTAL

El procedimiento destinado a identificar e interpretar, así como a prevenir, las consecuencias o efectos de acciones o proyectos públicos o privados, puedan causar al equilibrio ecológico, al mantenimiento de la calidad de vida y a la preservación de los recursos naturales

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EUTROPHICATION

The slow aging process during which a lake, estuary, or bay evolves into a bog or marsh and eventually disappears. During the later stages of eutrophication the water body is choked by abundant plant life as the result of increased amounts of nutritive composts

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ETHYLENE GLYCOL

Used in the manufacture of a wide variety of industrial compounds and in certain cosmetics. It is used most commonly as an automobile antifreeze. It is toxic. Source: Department of Toxic Substance Control – California – USA

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ESTUARY (ESTUARINE)

Areas where fresh water from rivers and salt water from nearshore ocean waters are mixed. These areas may include bays, mouths of rivers, salt marshes and lagoons. These water ecosystems shelter and feed marine life, birds and wildlife

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ESTENOICO

(Estenos: estrecho; oikos: casa) Organismo que requiere condiciones muy estrictas para desenvolverse adecuadamente. ( Fuente: Ley 11.723 – Rep·blica Argentina)

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