aquatic environment definition

aquatic environment means surface waters and the habitat they provide, including both plant and animal communities.

aquatic environment means all surface and ground waters, but does not include water in installations and facilities for industrial effluent, sewage collection and treatment;

aquatic environment means the components of the earth related to, living in or located in or the beds of the shores of a body of water, including but not limited to:

More Definitions of aquatic environment

aquatic environment means water and the environment containing all living things upon or in water including all bottom substrates and physical, chemical and biological constituents;

aquatic environment means an area so designated in this Program.

aquatic environment means the components of the earth related to, living in or located in or on Water or the beds and shores of a Water body, including but not limited to: (i) all organic and inorganic matter; and (ii) living organisms and their habitat, including fish habitat, and their interacting natural systems;

aquatic environment means all surface waters and groundwater, the lands and subsurface geological formations connected to those waters, and the atmosphere related to those waters and lands.

aquatic environment means those physical and biological features, including land, water, the atmosphere, animals and plants, which are within, under, over, in contact with, or sustained by the water in water bodies;

aquatic environment means the physical, atmospheric, and biological components, conditions, and factors that interactively determine the productivity, state, condition, and quality of the aquatic ecosystem of the Great Lakes.

aquatic environment means a watercourse or any other water resource that contains indigenous species, but excludes marine environments;