PBS Reno STEM Works | STEM Jobs at Truckee Meadows Water Authority
Just Add Water! Meet the engineers and designers at Truckee Meadows Water Authority.
GLOSSARY
STEM — STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. It represents an interdisciplinary and integrated approach to gathering hands-on experience and applying “real-world” knowledge. People who work in STEM fields use knowledge in science, engineering, technology, or math to understand the world around us and to solve problems.
Utilities— Services (such as light, power, or water) provided by a public utility company
Hydrogeologist — A scientist who studies subsurface water formations, investigating how water moves through the earth and how it's affected by human activities
Subsurface Geology — The study of rock and soil located beneath the Earth's surface
Reservoir— An artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use
Watershed — An area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as the outflow of a reservoir, lake, or any point along a stream channel
River Ecosystem — Part of larger watershed networks or catchments, where smaller headwater streams drain into mid-size streams, which progressively drain into larger river networks
Tributary — A stream or river that flows into a larger stream, river, or a lake
Water Quality — The chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water based on the standards of its usage
Purify — To clear from contaminants, material defilement or imperfection
Contaminant — Something that is or that makes impure
Pristine — Clean, unsullied, without contamination
Water main — A pipe or conduit for conveying water
Wellhouse — A covered structure (as a house or room) built around the top of a well
Hydraulics — The branch of engineering that deals with the mechanical properties and application of liquids in motion, particularly in relation to power transmission and fluid mechanics
Civil Engineering — a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment
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