Solar Energy terms starting with W

26 terms

  1. Wake effect Enhanced plume dispersion due to mechanical turbulence and zones of turbulent eddies, primarily downwind of a building, which results in increased…
  2. Wash A normally dry stream bed that occasionally fills with water.
  3. Waste management Procedures, physical attributes, and support services that collectively provide for the identification, containerization, storage, transport, treatment…
  4. Waste minimization Actions, policies, or procedures that collectively serve to reduce the amount of wastes generated as a result of operation of an activity or facility.
  5. Wastewater Water that typically contains less than 1% concentration of organic hazardous waste materials.
  6. Water code A type of legislation that is specific to the management of water resources.
  7. Water quality A term used to describe the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water, usually with respect to its suitability for a particular purpose.
  8. Water right A legal entitlement of an individual or entity to extract water from a water source (surface water or groundwater) and to use it for a beneficial use (e.g.
  9. Water Table The upper level of ground water; the level below which soil and rock are saturated with water.
  10. Watershed All land area from which run-off water may enter a pond or lake.
  11. Watt (W) The unit of electrical power equal to 1 ampere under a pressure of one volt. A Watt is equal to 1/746 horsepower.
  12. Weed An undesirable plant.
  13. Wet closed-cycle cooling system See Closed-loop cooling system
  14. Wet cooling system See Closed-cycle cooling system
  15. Wetlands Area having specific hydric soil and water table characteristics supporting or capable of supporting wetlands vegetation.
  16. Wickiup Temporary dwelling framed of arched poles covered by brush, bark, rushes, or mats.
  17. Wild and Scenic Rivers (WSR) Act Primary river conservation law enacted in 1968. The Act was specifically intended by Congress to balance the existing policy of building dams on rivers…
  18. Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 Act passed by Congress in 1971 giving BLM the responsibility to protect, manage, and control wild horses.
  19. Wild horses and burros Unbranded and unclaimed horses or burros roaming free on public lands in the western United States and protected by the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro…
  20. Wilderness All lands included in the National Wilderness Preservation System by public law, generally defined as undeveloped federal land retaining its primeval…
  21. Wilderness characteristics Wilderness characteristics include (1) Naturalness: the area generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint…
  22. Wildfire Any nonstructural fire that occurs in the wildland.
  23. Wildlife corridor Linear spaces that connect various areas of an animal's habitat (i.e., links between feeding, watering, resting, breeding, or seasonal habitats).
  24. Wind Rose A diagram that indicates the average percentage of time that the wind blows from different directions, on a monthly or annual basis.
  25. Winnowing Selective sorting or removal of fine particles by wind or water.
  26. Withdrawal A withdrawal is money you take out of your banking, brokerage firm, or other accounts.