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FOR INFORMATION ON
Water Treatment or Water Wells, please call our toll free number at:
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Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)
The maximum level of a contaminant allowed in water by federal law. Based on health effects and currently available treatment methods.
Mechanical aeration
Use of mechanical energy to inject air into water to cause a waste stream to absorb oxygen.
Mechanical flotation
A term used in the mineral industry to describe the use of dispersed air to produce bubbles that measure 0.2 to 2 mm in diameter.
Media
Materials that form a barrier to the passage of certain suspended solids or dissolved liquids in filters.
Medium-size water system
A water system that serves 3,300 to 50,000 customers.
Melting
The change of a solid into a liquid.
Membrane
A thin barrier that allows some compounds or liquids to pass through, and troubles others. It is a semi-permeable skin of which the pass-through is determined by size or special nature of the particles. Membranes are commonly used to separate substances.
Mesotrophic
Reservoirs and lakes which contain moderate quantities of nutrients and are moderately productive in terms of aquatic animal and plant life.
Metabolise
Conversion of food, for instance soluble organic matter, to cellular matter and gaseous by-products through a biological process.
MFS
Micro Filtration System, it serves full automatic solid/ liquid separation.
Microbial growth
The multiplication of microorganisms such as bacteria, algae, diatoms, plankton, and fungi.
Micron
A unit to discribe a measure of length, equal to one millionth of a metre.
Microrganisms
Organisms that are so small that they can only be observed through a microscope, for instance bacteria, fungi or yeasts.
Milligrams per liter – mg/l
Same as ppm
Mineral Water
Contains large amounts of dissolved minerals such as calcium, sodium, magnesium, and iron. Some tap waters contain as many or more minerals than some commercial mineral waters. There is no scientific evidence that either high or low mineral content water is beneficial to humans.
Miscibility
The ability of two liquids to mix.
Mist
Liquid particles measuring 40 to 500 micrometers, are formed by condensation of vapour. By comparison, fog particles are smaller than 40 micrometers.
Mixture
Various elements, compounds or both, that are mixed.
Molecules
Combinations of two or more atoms of the same or different elements held together by chemical bonds.
Municipal discharge
Discharge of effluent from wastewater treatment plants, which receive wastewater from households, commercial establishments, and industries in the coastal drainage basin.
Municipal sewage
Liquid wastes, originating from a community. They may have been composed of domestic wastewaters or industrial discharges.
Municipal Sludge
Semi liquid residue that remains from the treatment of municipal water and wastewater.
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.