Glossary:C Words

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causeway ( cause·way / ˈkôzˌwā ) noun
a raised road or track across low or wet ground.
A managed system consisting of collection sewers and a single treatment plant used to collect and treat wastewater from an entire service area. Traditionally, such a system has been called a publicly owned treatment works
channel ( chan·nel / ˈCHanl ) noun
a dredged passageway within a coastal bay that allows maritime navigation.
chlorophyll ( chlo·ro·phyll / ˈklôrəˌfil ) noun
a green pigment found in algae, plants and other organisms that carry on photosynthesis; enables plants to absorb energy from light.
The Citizen Oversight Committee (COC) oversees the Save Our Indian River Lagoon (SOIRL) program in Brevard County.
The Clean Water Act is a 1977 amendment to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, which set the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants to waters of the United States.
coast ( kōst ) noun
General region of indefinite width that extends from the sea inland to the first major change in terrain features
coastal waters and adjacent shorelands including islands, inter-tidal areas, salt marshes, wetlands, and beaches.
A group of bacteria predominantly inhabiting the intestines of humans or other warm-blooded animals, but also occasionally found elsewhere. Used as an indicator of human fecal contamination.
fishing for a commercial purpose, i.e. to sell the catch
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) identifies a region's priority environmental issues and the actions needed to solve them.
condensation ( con·den·sa·tion / känˌdenˈsāSH(ə)n ) noun
the process in which water vapor changes into liquid water (such as dew, fog, or cloud droplets).
conservation ( con·ser·va·tion / ˌkänsərˈvāSH(ə)n ) noun
careful preservation and protection of ecological processes and biodiversity of the environment.
contamination ( con·tam·i·na·tion / kənˌtaməˈnāSH(ə)n ) noun
an undesirable element, impure or unclean, something that is not supposed to be there (such as oil or insecticides in water).
cove ( kōv ) noun
A small, narrow sheltered bay or recess in an estuary, often inside a larger embayment
craft ( kraft ) noun
Craft are any vessel or conveyance that operate in a fluid medium or a vacuum. Thus, boats are craft; aircraft are craft; and spaceships, spacecraft, and space capsules are craft. When applied to vessels or conveyances that float on the water, a craft is any boat or ship of any size or type and of any use.
crustacean ( crus·ta·cean / krəˈstāSH(ə)n ) noun
anthropods having hard-shelled bodies and jointed ligaments such as crabs, shrimp and lobsters.
current ( cur·rent / ˈkərənt ) noun
large-scale circulation of water caused by thermodynamics and winds.