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Wash period
Water cannon
Time during which vehicles are washing at a CVWF.
Device used to direct a large volume of water, at high pressure,
toward an object.
Wash station
Water supply basin
Area of a CVWF where high-pressure, high-flow volumes of
water are supplied to hoses for cleaning vehicles.
Receptacle at a CVWF that holds treated water for reuse at
prewash and wash stations.
Wastewater treatment plant
Facility designed to process sanitary, commercial, and/or
Weir
industrial wastewater.
Usally a flat piece of metal with a characteristic shape (rectan-
gular, V-notched, etc.) which is inserted into flowing Water for
determining the flow rate.
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