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FOR INFORMATION ON
Water Treatment or Water Wells, please call our toll free number at:
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Gallon
A unit that is now almost entirely out of date. It is equivalent to 3.785 litres.
Giardia
A microrganism that is commonly found in untreated surface water and can be removed by filtration. It is resistant to disinfectants such as chlorine.
Grain Per Gallon – gpg
1/7000 of a pound – normally used in relation to hardness.
Granular activated carbon
The heating of carbon to encourage active sites to absorb pollutants.
Gray Water
Domestic wastewater composed of wash water from kitchen, bathroom, and laundry sinks and from tubs, and washers.
Groundwater
Water that can be found in the saturated zone of the soil; a zone that consists merely of water. It slowly moves from places with high elevation and pressure to places with low elevation and pressure, such as rivers and lakes.
Groundwater discharge
Ground water entering coastal waters, which has been contaminated by land-fill leachates, deep well injection of hazardous wastes and septic tanks.
Groundwater hydrology
The branch of hydrology that deals with the occurrence, movements, replenishment and depletion, properties and methods of investigation and utilisation of groundwater.
Gully
A deeply eroded channel created by the concentrated flow of water.
Big Iron Drilling Ltd
4450 Eleniak Road NW
Edmonton, AB T6B 2S1
TEL:(780) 433-2555 | TOLL FREE: 1-800-BIG-IRON (24 Hours) | FAX:(780) 431-1091
HOURS
Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday – Closed
Sunday – Closed
Statutory Holidays - Closed
We have a 24 hour "live person" answering service.