Pesticides

Pesticides

Any chemical or substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of pests that damage or interfere with the growth of crops, shrubs, tress, timber and other vegetation useful to humans.

Industry: Agricultural chemicals

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Effluent limitation

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Restrictions established by a state or EPA on quantities, rates, and concentrations in wastewater discharges.

Ejector

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A device used to disperse a chemical solution into water being treated.

Electrodialysis

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A process that uses electrical current applied to permeable membranes to remove minerals from water. Often used to desalinize salty or brackish water.

Electromagnetic geophysical methods

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Ways to measure subsurface conductivity via low-frequency electromagnetic induction.

Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A device that removes particles from a gas stream (smoke) after combustion occurs. The ESP imparts an electrical charge to the particles, causing them to adhere to metal plates inside the ...

Eligible costs

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The construction costs for wastewater treatment works upon which EPA grants are based.

Emap data

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Environmental monitoring data collected under the auspices of the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program. All EMAP data share the common attribute of being of known quality, having been ...