Flashcards: Water supply

Water metering is the process of measuring water use.

A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action.

Tap water (running water, city water, municipal water, etc.) is water supplied to a tap (valve).

Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful.

Bridges for conveying water, called aqueducts or water bridges are constructed to convey watercourses across gaps such as valleys or ravines.

A water cooler or water dispenser is a device that cools and dispenses water.

Pumping stations are facilities including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.

Desalination is a process that removes minerals from saline water.

A qanāt (Persian: قنات‎‎/کاریز) is a gently sloping underground channel with a series of vertical access shafts, used to transport water from an aquifer under a hill.

Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.

Water conflict is a term describing a conflict between countries, states, or groups over an access to water resources.

Water use can mean the amount of water used by a household or a country, or the amount used for a given task or for the production of a given quantity of some product or crop, or the amount allocated for a particular purpose.

Greywater (also spelled graywater, or grey water/gray water) or sullage is all wastewater generated in households or office buildings from streams without fecal contamination, i.

Meltwater is water released by the melting of snow or ice, including glacial ice, tabular icebergs and ice shelves over oceans.