Glossary D

A Drinking Water State Revolving Fund is the Fund provides capitalization grants to states to develop drinking water revolving loan funds to help finance system infrastructure improvements, assure source-water protection, enhance operation and management of drinking-water systems, and otherwise promote local water-system compliance and protection of public health.

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A drip irrigation is a common Irrigation method where pipes or tubes filled with water slowly drip onto crops. Drip Irrigation is a low-pressure method of Irrigation and less water is lost to evaporation than high-pressure spray irrigation.

A Drive Casing is Heavy duty steel casing driven along with the sampling tool in cased DP systems.

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A Drive Point Profiler is an exposed groundwater DP system used to collect multiple depth-discrete groundwater samples. Ports in the tip of the probe connect to an internal stainless

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Driver Tag Teams are Driver Tag Teams are known by many different names in the industry,

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Deutsch: Auffahrt / Español: Entrada para autos / Português: Entrada de automóveis / Français: Allée de garage / Italiano: Viale d'accesso

Driveway refers to a private road that connects a house or garage to a public road, allowing vehicles to enter and exit the property. In the environmental context, driveways can impact local ecosystems, water management, and urban planning.

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Deutsch: Drohne / Español: Dron / Português: Drone / Français: Drone / Italiano: Drone

Drone refers to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is remotely controlled or flies autonomously using software-controlled flight plans. In the environmental context, drones are utilized for monitoring, data collection, conservation efforts, and various other applications.

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Drop tubes are Devices that can be added to a Center Pivot system to achieve greater Efficiency in agricultural Irrigation (Kromm and White, 1990).

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A Drop-off is Recyclable materials collection method in which individuals bring them to a designated collection site.

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English: Droplet / Español: Gotícula / Português: Gota / Français: Gouttelette / Italiano: Gocciolina

Droplet in the environmental context typically refers to a small particle of liquid, often water, that is suspended in the air or deposited on surfaces as part of atmospheric or environmental processes.

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