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agua apta para el consumo humano

English translation: water fit for human consumption

14:26 Sep 30, 2003
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / Processing plant
Spanish term or phrase: agua apta para el consumo humano
El hielo que está en contacto permanente con el calamar debe ser preparado con agua apta para el consumo humano.

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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 01:48
English translation:water fit for human consumption
Explanation:
I would say.
Selected response from:

Robin Ward
Germany
Local time: 09:48
Grading comment
All the options were adequate, but I tend to favor this option. Thanks a lot!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3potable water
Marian Greenfield
5 +3drinking water
James Calder
4 +3water fit for human consumption
Robin Ward
4 +1water fit for human consumption
David Russi


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
water fit for human consumption


Explanation:
I would say.

Robin Ward
Germany
Local time: 09:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4
Grading comment
All the options were adequate, but I tend to favor this option. Thanks a lot!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): yes because although it measn potable water it doesn't say that semantically
41 mins
agree  Nikki Graham: yes, this is what it says, not agua potable = drinking water
3 hrs
agree  margaret caulfield
9 hrs
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
water fit for human consumption


Explanation:
I would say this.

Majali declares Zai water fit for human consumption
Majali declares Zai water fit for human consumption By Ahmad Khatib AMMAN — Prime
Minister Abdul Salam Majali reassured citizens on Sunday that domestic ...
www.jordanembassyus.org/081798002.htm - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

CARE.ca - CARE's Mahaweel and Hamza Towns Integrated Water ...
... improved the access of hospitals to quality water fit for human consumption;
increased the water storage capacity at hospitals to 96,000 litres each; ...
www.care.ca/actn/iraq/mahaweel_e.shtm - 23k - Sep 28, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

Human Relations with the Environment
... 97% of the Earth's water is salt water - but we do not have a cost effective
water purifying method that can make salt water fit for human consumption. ...
www.coe.tamu.edu/~tefb406/hrweact4.htm - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

Australian Red Centre Adventures: Canning Stock Route and ...
... 51 wells were sunk and produced water for the herds, but only a few of them produced
water fit for human consumption. Zurück zur Galerie. Back to the Gallery. ...
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EPA NE: Drinking Water - Underground Injection Control Program: ...
... It is so contaminated that it would be economically or technologically
impractical to render that water fit for human consumption; ...
www.epa.gov/region01/eco/drinkwater/terms.html - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

C-SPAC: Center for Sustainable Production & Consumption
... This publication exposes such unwillingness on the part of the State/Municipalities
to ensure adequate supply of wholesome water, fit for human consumption. ...
cuts.org/cspac-project.htm - 24k - Sep 28, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

CeoCor 2001
... The directive defined the quality of water fit for human consumption but did
not incorporate matters associated with the technique of distribution. ...
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Water Recycling
... Recyclying Water. Potable water is defined as water fit for human
consumption. There are several standards for potable water that ...
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Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency
... consumers. Treated water: Water processed for domestic consumption.
Potable water: Water fit for human consumption. Antelope Valley ...
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eye - Drinks - 12.30.99
... Water fit for human consumption will come in bottles, not from taps and not from
the sky. Tap water will be useful only for washing cars and watering lawns. ...
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David Russi
United States
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 5305

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikki Graham
3 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
potable water


Explanation:
Lehigh Valley Water Suppliers, Inc./All About Water/Glossary
... aquifers. Potable Water: Water that is safe to drink after the raw
water has gone through the filtration and treatment process. ...
www.lvwater.org/water_words.asp - 13k - Sep 28, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

Glossary | Catholic Relief Services
Glossary. This section contains the following helpful information: Definitions ... loan.
Potable Water - Potable water is water fit to drink. ...
www.catholicrelief.org/definitions.cfm - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

Environmental Protection Agency - Drinking Water Glossary: A ...
... The glossary provides definitions of technical and legal terms used by EPA ... Drinking
Water Glossaries Water Pollution Water Quality Potable Water Legal Aspects ...
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Glossary - Utah's Water Resources: Planning for the Future (Utah ...
... GLOSSARY. Acre ... Naturally occurring vegetation and wildlife also consumptively
use water. Culinary Water - See "Potable Water.". Depletion ...
www.water.utah.gov/waterplan/uwrpff/Glossary.htm - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

EPA Ground Water & Drinking Water > Publications > Drinking Water ...
... We also have online a concise consumer-friendly glossary ... An open vertical drop, or
vertical empty space, that separates a drinking (potable) water supply to be ...
www.epa.gov/safewater/pubs/gloss2.html - 101k - Cached - Similar pages

City of Portland Bureau of Water Works - Glossary


Marian Greenfield
Local time: 03:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 14617

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  J Luna
14 mins
agree  Katty Ossa: agree. The water that is perfect for the human consumption, is called "potable water", agua potable
23 mins
agree  mbc
2 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
drinking water


Explanation:
As simple as that.

James Calder
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:48
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 566

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marta Alfonso Perales
23 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  nothing
35 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Gabriela Lozano
49 mins
  -> Thanks
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