Toxic Tort Legal Glossary: W
Waste Exchange: Arrangement in which companies exchange their wastes for the benefit of both parties.
Waste Stream: The total flow of solid waste from homes, businesses, institutions, and manufacturing plants that are recycled, burned, or disposed of in landfills, or segments thereof such as the "residential waste stream" or the "recyclable waste stream."
Water Quality Criteria: Levels of water quality expected to render a body of water suitable for its designated use. Criteria are based on specific levels of pollutants that would make the water harmful if used for drinking, swimming, farming, fish production, or industrial processes.
Water Storage Pond: An impound for liquid wastes, so designated as to accomplish some degree of biochemical treatment of the wastes.
Wrongful Death: When the wrongful action of one person, such as negligence, personal attack, manslaughter, or murder results in the death of another person. Wrongful death lawsuits allege that the death in question was attributable to the willful or negligent act of another.
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