10. Glossary
Retention basin
A storage facility designed to temporarily collect contaminated firefighting water or runoff, in order to prevent its immediate discharge into the natural environment and to allow for appropriate treatment.
Watershed; catchment/drainage basin
A geographical area whose stormwater flows into a single outlet (river, lake, estuary), thereby controlling the spread of pollutants carried by runoff following a fire.
Bioaccumulation; bioaccumulation
A process by which a chemical substance, particularly POPs and certain metals, gradually accumulates in living organisms and throughout the food chain.
CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
A numerical fluid dynamics simulation method used to model the dispersion of...
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