captação (in this context)

English translation: withdrawal

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Portuguese term or phrase:captação (in this context)
English translation:withdrawal
Entered by: Fernando Domeniconi

18:50 Aug 15, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology
Portuguese term or phrase: captação (in this context)
estudo populacional e de concepção e alternativas para o sistema de captação, adução, tratamento, reservação e distribuição; **captação** 8 poços profundos, tratamento composto por sistema de desinfecção, com bombas dosadoras; linhas de recalque com extensão de 2.380 metros; três reservatórios semi enterrados, reservatórios elevados, redes de distribuição com 30.601 m e elaborações de especificações técnicas e orçamentos.
Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 18:45
withdrawal
Explanation:
Se é de poço eu usaria withdrawal:

Water withdrawal is the removal of freshwater. from water resources or reservoirs for use in. agriculture, industry or domestic purposes. ...
www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue1/0103p40.pdf

logo] US EPA. Federal Register Environmental Documents ... Natural proposes to: Install 15 new water withdrawal wells with pumps; Install 11 new water ...
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2008/January/Day-31/i1737.h...

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Você pode usar também abstraction...

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Note added at 13 mins (2008-08-15 19:03:12 GMT)
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water abstraction. water removed from any sources, either permanently or temporarily. mine ... pl pobranie wody; pt captação de água; ro Prelevare de apă ...
glossary.eea.europa.eu/terminology/concept_html?term=water%20abstraction
Selected response from:

Fernando Domeniconi
United States
Local time: 17:45
Grading comment
This was a difficult choice, but withdrawal seems to make the most sense when referring to a well. Thanks to everyone.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3collection
Diane Grosklaus Whitty
4 +1(well) water intake
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4 +1catchment
Carla Queiro (X)
4capture (system)
Mary Palmer
4withdrawal
Fernando Domeniconi
4sourcing / abstraction
Carlos Quandt
3recovery
Leniel Maccaferri


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
capture (system)


Explanation:
Acredito ser esse o termo.

Mary Palmer
United States
Local time: 18:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
withdrawal


Explanation:
Se é de poço eu usaria withdrawal:

Water withdrawal is the removal of freshwater. from water resources or reservoirs for use in. agriculture, industry or domestic purposes. ...
www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue1/0103p40.pdf

logo] US EPA. Federal Register Environmental Documents ... Natural proposes to: Install 15 new water withdrawal wells with pumps; Install 11 new water ...
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2008/January/Day-31/i1737.h...

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-08-15 19:01:39 GMT)
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Você pode usar também abstraction...

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Note added at 13 mins (2008-08-15 19:03:12 GMT)
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water abstraction. water removed from any sources, either permanently or temporarily. mine ... pl pobranie wody; pt captação de água; ro Prelevare de apă ...
glossary.eea.europa.eu/terminology/concept_html?term=water%20abstraction

Fernando Domeniconi
United States
Local time: 17:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
This was a difficult choice, but withdrawal seems to make the most sense when referring to a well. Thanks to everyone.
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
collection


Explanation:
• Wastewater Systems
– Sewer Lift Stations
– Wastewater Collection Systems
– Individual Sewage Disposal Systems
– Inflow & Infiltration Studies
– Wastewater Treatment

Water Treatment Processes and Plants covers six subjects: surface water collection and storage, water treatment processes and plants, operation and maintenance of water treatment plants, process and quality control, rehabilitation of water treatment plants, and sludge treatment and disposal.

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The second reference should be:

http://www.unesco-ihe.org/education/msc_programmes/msc_in_mu...


    Reference: http://www.nrce.com/fields-of-service/water-collection-and-t...
    Water Treatment Processes and Plants covers six subjects: surface water collection and storage, water treatment processes and plants, operat
Diane Grosklaus Whitty
United States
Local time: 16:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
25 mins

agree  Marlene Curtis
47 mins

agree  Marcos Antonio
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(well) water intake


Explanation:
NeuroToxicology : The Effects of Chronic Arsenic Exposure from ...- [ Oversett denne siden ]... mean arsenic concentration in the well water, drank much well water per day and had longer duration of well water intake than the low exposure group. ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0161813X03000299 - Lignende sider - Noter dette
av SY Tsai - 2003 - Sitert av 28 - Relaterte artikler - Alle 3 versjoner

CONTENTS N8 2008- [ Oversett denne siden ]Key words: well, water intake, filter, colmatage, suction nozzle. UDC 628.112.2.001.2, 34. V. T. Grebennikov. Restoration of Water Intake Wells Output with ...
www.vstmag.ru/2008/e_08.html - 9k - I hurtigbuffer - Lignende sider - Noter dette

[PDF] ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY G. L. Meerdink, DVMFilformat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - HTML-versjon
Pond water intake was similar to well water intake as was. weight gain between the study groups. Though “dirty pond water” may not cause a problem; the ...
www.microvet.arizona.edu/AzVDL/newsletters/H2OQuality.PDF - Lignende sider - Noter dette

[PPT] Toenail arsenic and bladder cancer: findings from a cohort study ...Filformat: Microsoft Powerpoint - HTML-versjon
arsenic in well-water: <0.15 g/L to >3000 g/L; 8102 residents were recruited; information on hx of well water intake, residential hx, smoking, ...
www.pitt.edu/~super1/18011-19001/18101.ppt - Lignende sider - Noter dette


Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 22:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1110912
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
catchment


Explanation:
This is the translation in my Luiz Mendes Antas dictionary.
Also take a look at these sites:

http://www.nalms.org/Resources/Glossary.aspx?show=C

http://www.arcsa.org/



Carla Queiro (X)
Local time: 18:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lexical
36 mins
  -> Thankyou lexical!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
recovery


Explanation:
TOTFinder Port_Eng General Glossary
captação
[Geol.] recovery

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 18:45
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sourcing / abstraction


Explanation:
Two additional suggestions!

Water abstraction, or water extraction, is the process of taking water from any source, either temporarily or permanently. Most water is used for irrigation or treatment to produce drinking water.

With current operating practices, water abstraction is estimated to increase ... The preferred option for the sourcing of surface water will depend on the ...
http://worsley.geo.net.au/eng/docs/volume2/Vol2 Ch3 Water.pd...

Case studies detail a range of options for sourcing water with associated costs. These include abstraction from surface water such as rivers,...
http://www.farminguk.com/Farmers-urged-to-look-at-water-use-...

The abstraction of water is a highly sensitive issue with often conflicting ... Environmental issues are also of great importance when sourcing water.
http://www.water.mottmac.com/watersectors/waterwastewaterinf...
Provides product, technology, and regulatory information available to the water and wastewater industry. Industry professionals involved in the sourcing, transmission, treatment, storage and distribution of potable water as well as the collection, treatment, handling, and disposal of wastewater can access the information they need and communicate directly with the industry suppliers.
http://www.che.ufl.edu/www-che/topics/water_technology.html

The Raising National Water Standards investment will assist in developing guidelines for sourcing water from managed aquifer recharge.
http://www.nwc.gov.au/www/default.asp?guiValue=E67D0B7F-8E5D...

Example sentence(s):
  • After sourcing, water usually needs to be stored, either for direct distribution or. pre- and post-treatment distribution.
  • The unique physical characteristics of the basin that pose such a challenge for sourcing water for the huge population of Mexico City
Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 19:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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