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    Ballast water discharges by ships can have a negative impact on the marine environment. The discharge of ballast water and sediments by ships is governed...
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    the ballast is discharged to lift the docking platform and the docked vessel above the water. To make this possible, most of the structure under the supporting...
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  • sea water. Serious problems may arise when ballast water is discharged, as water-borne organisms can create havoc when deposited in new environments. Ballast...
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    another and halt damage to the marine environment from ballast water discharge, by minimising the uptake and subsequent discharge of sediments and organisms...
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  • world trade. Typically, ballast water discharge contains a variety of biological materials including non-native, invasive, and exotic species that can...
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    Ballast water discharge typically contains a variety of biological materials, including plants, animals, viruses, and bacteria. These materials often...
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    See Ballast water discharge and the environment. The [[World Water Monitoring Day|EarthEcho Water Challenge]] is an international education and outreach...
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    ballast is a device placed in series with a load to limit the amount of current in an electrical circuit. A familiar and widely used example is the inductive...
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    after ships discharge wastewater or unload cargo, and discharged at the next port of call, wherever more cargo is loaded. Ballast water discharge typically...
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    Court of Appeals, 2008). Vessel discharges are subject to NPDES permit requirements. See Ballast water regulation in the United States. National Cotton...
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    Oil Pollution Act of 1961 (category 1961 in the environment)
    the enactment of Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships on October 21, 1980. Transport portal Water portal Ballast tank Ballast water discharge and the environment...
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    water, called ballast water, which contains aquatic organisms typical of the port of arrival, is stored in ballast tanks and is ultimately discharged...
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    from sinks, showers, and galleys (graywater); hazardous wastes; solid waste; oily bilge water; ballast water; and air pollution. The waste streams generated...
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    common diving environments are listed and defined here. The diving environment is limited by accessibility and risk, but includes water and occasionally...
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    Marine environmental issues in Lebanon (category Environment of Lebanon)
    calling Lebanese ports discharge stagnant ballast water (without being exchanged at sea), oily ballast water, graywater and bilge water, often without regulations...
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    Fluorescent lamp (category Gas discharge lamps)
    ballast to stabilize the current through the lamp, and to provide the initial striking voltage required to start the arc discharge. Often one ballast...
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    Oil Pollution Act of 1973 (category 1973 in the environment)
    governed by the above provisions for ships other than tankers II.) Total quantity of oil discharge on a ballast voyage does not exceed 1/15000 of the total...
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    mercury-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses an electric arc through vaporized mercury to produce light. The arc discharge is generally confined to...
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    Crayfish plague (category Diseases and parasites of crustaceans)
    North America, or in ballast water discharge. After its original introduction in Italy in 1860, it spread quickly through Europe and was discovered in Sweden...
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    Organisms of the Pacific Northwest. 2001. University of Washington Great Lake Commission. "Status of Ballast Water Discharge Regulations in the Great Lakes...
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    to the treatment of engine room bilge water (OWS) for all large commercial vessels and ballast and tank cleaning waste (ODME). It also introduces the concept...
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    Gas-discharge lamps are a family of artificial light sources that generate light by sending an electric discharge through an ionized gas, a plasma. Typically...
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  • Around one third of the cargo tanks also acted as ballast tanks. During ballast discharge oil was released into the environment. These tankers did not...
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  • Oil record book (category Shipping and the environment)
    tanks; Discharge of ballast containing an oily mixture or cleaning water from fuel oil tanks; Disposal of oil residue; and Discharge overboard or disposal...
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    Pavlopetri (category Mycenaean sites in the Peloponnese (region))
    These ships discharge waste that damages the archaeological ruins and is also bad for the environment. There is also ballast water which is water that is...
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    as tankers discharging ballast water from oil tanks used on return ships, leaking pipelines or engine oil disposed of down sewers. Discharge of cargo residues...
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    Tanning lamp (category Gas discharge lamps)
    environment inside the lamp. Fluorescent tanning lamps require an electrical ballast to limit the amount of current going through the lamp. While the...
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  • control the volume of water admitted. Discharge of ballast water is against the external pressure, which will depend on depth, and will generally require...
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  • they empty the water, "Ballast water discharge typically contains a variety of biological materials, including plants, animals, viruses, and bacteria"...
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    National Invasive Species Act (category 1996 in the environment)
    particular zebra mussels and Eurasian ruffe. To extend upon NANPCA, NISA authorizes regulation of ballast water, a key factor in the spread of aquatic invasive...
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