Glossary beginning with E
terms for which definitions are available
- E. coli
Escherichia coli; a common rod-shaped bacterium that is found in the intestinal tract of warm blooded animals; used as an indicator of contamination by feces/sewage
- ecosystem
a collection of living things and their environment
- effluent
outflow of liquid waste, such as discharge from a sewer treatment plant
- encapsulated
enclosed or covered, such a stream that has been built into a sewer
- encroachment
a structure or activity that changes, expands, or diminishes the course, current, or cross-section of a watercourse, floodway, or body of water
- EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency
- erosion
the process by which soil particles are removed or displaced, usually by wind or water
- estuary
a body of water intermediate between an ocean and river, usually tidal and highly productive