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Migration Pathways are the routes a Contaminant may move around in the environment (e.g., soil, groundwater, surface water,
Milk in the environmental context often refers to its production and consumption impacts on sustainability, natural resources, and ecosystems.
A Milk House Waste is Water having been used in cleaning the milking equipment and washing the parlor.
Deutsch: Melken / Español: Ordeño / Português: Ordenha / Français: Traite / Italiano: Mungitura /
Milking is the term for the process of extracting milk from the mammary glands of an animal, usually bovines (cattle, buffalo) or caprids (goats, sheep), and rarely even equines (horses, donkeys) or camels. Milking may be done by hand or with the use of machines, and requires that the animal be currently or recently pregnant.
Milligrams per liter (mg/l) is a unit of the Concentration of a constituent in water or wastewater. It represents 0.001 gram of a constituent in 1 liter of water. It is approximately
A million gallons per day (Mgd) is a rate of flow of water equal to 133,680.56 cubic feet per day, or 1.5472 cubic feet per second, or 3.0689 acre-feet per day.