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Given the technical nature of the information provided on this website, we are including the following list of terms, together with their meaning, to assist you in understanding its content.
- Aquifer - underground formations capable of storing water.
- Brackish - salty or having a high salt content.
- Brackish Water Desalination - the process of removing salt and other unwanted matter from groundwater to make it drinkable.
- Conjunctive Use - the underground storage of surface water for later extraction and use, or using groundwater when surface water is not available.
- Desalination/Desalinated - the removal of salts from water.
- Direct Use - the use of recycled water without intermediate mixing or dilution.
- Effluent - treated wastewater.
- Extraction - removal; to take out.
- Forebay - an area in which water is put back into the earth; groundwater recharge area.
- Groundwater - water located underground.
- Groundwater Levels - underground water levels; typically measured relative to average sea level.
- Injection - to add or insert a substance into another.
- Mitigation - actions taken to avoid, reduce, or make-up for the effects of human-induced environmental damage.
- Recharge - to return water into the ground either via percolation or injection.
- Recharge Capacity - the amount of water that can be percolated or injected into the ground without negatively impacting the surrounding area.
- Recharge Mound - elevated groundwater levels resulting from recharge activities; this situation physically resembles a mound centered on the recharge source.
- Reservoir - a place where water is stored until it is needed.
- Seawater Intrusion - the movement of seawater inland into fresh groundwater aquifers; typicall occurs as a result of low groundwater levels.
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