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Worker discrimination

Discrimination happens when a person, or a group of people, is treated less favourably than another person or group because of their background or certain personal characteristics. It is also…

Wild harvesting

The harvesting of wild plants to consume, sell or make into saleable products.

Wild animal

An animal that is living in nature without human control or care: not tame.

Water table

The water table is the boundary between the unsaturated zone and the saturated zone underground. Below the water table, groundwater fills any spaces between sediments and within rock.

Water quality

Water quality refers to the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of both water and sediment. Our understanding of how these water quality parameters behave is integral to our management of…

Well water

A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring, or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers.

Ground water

The water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.

Grey water

Grey water is polluted water which has not been in contact with fecal matter. It can be the product of domestic bathing, laundry, dishwashing, or water polluted by agricultural inputs.

Green water

Green water is soil moisture that came from precipitation.

Blue water

Blue water is freshwater, surface or groundwater. Blue water is the water from lakes, streams, glaciers and snow.

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