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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.

Milk Handlers are Processors or dealers of milk who commonly purchase raw milk and sell pasteurized milk and milk products.

A Milk House is the area near a milking Parlor where the Bulk milk tank, cleaning units, and equipment are located.

A Milk House Waste is Water having been used in cleaning the milking equipment and washing the parlor.

The term milk letdown refers to the physiological process in mammals where milk is released from the mammary glands, typically triggered by hormonal signals. This process is most often discussed in the context of breastfeeding in humans or milking in dairy animals.

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.

A Milking Pit is a sunken area that houses both the milker and some milking equipment during milking. This places the milker at shoulder level with udders and reduces physical demands

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.