Water Science Glossary

Tap Into Quality's water science related glossary can be used to help understand much of the terminology utilized in the water resource and water quality fields. To view the glossary, click on a letter of the alphabet above. Keep in mind that this glossary will expand over time as more water related terms are added in order to help our website users gain a further understanding of the ever expanding water science world.

For a printable version of this Water Science Glossary:

For highly detailed glossaries, try: 

• U.S.Geological Survey: water.usgs.gov
• Water Quality Association: www.wqa.org

Note: some definitions were adapted from terms found in the:

• United States Geological Survey’s Water Science Glossary
  http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.html
• Drinking Water Glossary on the Environmental Protection
  Agency’s web site http://www.epa.gov/safewater