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A widespread body of air that gains certain meteorological or polluted characteristics – e.g., a heat inversion or smokiness – while set in one location. The characteristics can change as it moves away. Source: World Bank

The liquid and solid wastes from farming, including: runoff and leaching of pesticides and fertilizers, erosion and dust from plowing; animal manure and carcasses; and crop residues and debris. Source: World Bank

Particles of matter, solid or liquid, larger than a molecule but small enough to remain suspended in the (Source : Glossary of climate Change Terms- EPA)

A suspension of liquid or solid particles in a gas. Source: World Bank

Process by which microbes decompose complex organic compounds in the presence of oxygen and use the liberated energy for reproduction and growth. Types of aerobic processes include extended aeration, trickling filtration, and rotating biological contracto

Life or processes that require, or are not destroyed by, the presence of oxygen. Source: World Bank

A process which promotes biological degradation of organic water. The process may be passive (as when waste is exposed to air), or active (as when a mixing or bubbling device introduces the air). Source: World Bank

Mosquito transmissor da febre amarela e do dengue (Braile, 1992)

Any treatment of sewage that goes beyond the secondary or biological water treatment stage and includes the removal of nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen and a high percentage of suspended solids. Source: World Bank

An air pollution control device such as carbon adsorber or incinerator which reduces the pollution in an exhaust gas. The control device usually does not affect the process being controlled and thus is “add-on” technology as opposed to a scheme to control