Glossary R

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A Rinsewater is Water used to remove Debris and contaminants from Products and equipment (Brown and Caldwell, 1990).

A riparian is located alongside a watercourse, typically a river.

A Riparian Area is an area, adjacent to and along a watercourse, often vegetated and constituting a Buffer zone between the nearby lands and the watercourse.

Riparian water rights are the rights of an owner whose land abuts water. They differ from state to state and often depend on whether the water is a river, lake, or ocean.

A riparian zone is the vegetative area on each bank of a body of water.

A Riprap is a sustaining wall built of rocks.

Deutsch: Risiko / Español: Riesgo / Português: Risco / Français: Risque / Italiano: Rischio /

A risk is "A measure of the probability that damage to life, health, property, and/or the environment will occur as a result of a given hazard" (EPA 1992, 25).

A risk assessment is methods used to quantify risks to human health and the environment.

A risk characterization is Determination of the nature of a given risk and quantifying of the potential for adverse change to the environment from that risk.

A risk communication is "The exchange of information about Environmental risks among risk assessors, risk managers, the general public, news media, special interest groups, and others

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