Glossary D

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

The term "drug" refers to pharmaceutical compounds or substances that have the potential to enter the environment and may have adverse effects on ecosystems and organisms. These drugs can be derived from both human and veterinary sources and are typically introduced into the environment through various pathways such as wastewater discharges, agricultural runoff, and improper disposal of pharmaceutical products. While the primary purpose of drugs is to treat or prevent diseases in humans and animals, their presence in the environment has raised concerns due to their potential impacts on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

A Dry cooling is Cooling-down process using steam, to eliminate the loss of water (Strauss, 1991).