Background concentrations definition

Background concentrations means concentrations of contaminants that are naturally occurring in the groundwater, surface water, soil, or sediment in the vicinity of the site.
Background concentrations means concentrations of contaminants that are naturally occurring or resulting from anthropogenic impacts unrelated to the discharge of pollutants or hazardous substances at a contaminated site undergoing site rehabilitation, in the groundwater, surface water, soil, or sediment in the vicinity of the site.
Background concentrations means concentrations of contaminants that are naturally occurring in the groundwater, surface

Examples of Background concentrations in a sentence

  • Background concentrations for ammonia were assumed to be temporally and spatially invariant and were set to 3 ppb.

  • Background concentrations can for instance be measured by tall‐tower station(s) upwind of the city.

  • Background concentrations were defined as 50th percentile values.

  • Presentation: Background concentrations of selected chemical and radiochemical constituents in water from ESRP aquifer at INL.


More Definitions of Background concentrations

Background concentrations means concentrations of petroleum products’ contaminants chemicals of concern that are naturally occurring in the groundwater, surface water, soil or sediment in the vicinity of the site.