maintaining microbial water quality from the point of water production up to the point of consumption

ability of an IVD medical device to maintain its performance characteristics within the limits specified by the manufacturer

trend that all kinds of components of the treated water possibly have reactions during the water distribution, storage or use processes (e.g. deposition of calcium carbonate and the formation of disinfection (3.21) byproducts) and the scaling, fouling and corrosion effects on pipes and equipment to which the water is exposed (e.g. release of toxic and harmful chemicals from the surface of nonmetallic pipes, corrosion on the surface of metallic pipe)

aerobic (composting) or anaerobic (digestion) treatment of biodegradable plastics waste under controlled conditions using micro-organisms to produce, in the presence of oxygen, stabilized organic residues, carbon dioxide and water or, in the absence of oxygen, stabilized organic residues, methane, carbon dioxide and water

variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems, and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems

variability among living organisms from all sources, including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems, and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems

variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems (3.14) and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems [SOURCE: United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity^[27]]

variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species, and within and between ecosystems (3.2.3)

group of individuals in a well-defined state of health or disease

specified interval of the distribution of values taken from a biological reference population