water-borne
Adjective
Meaning
water-borne (not comparable)
Alternative spelling of waterborne
Synonyms
Examples
After four years, the frequency of flooding had been reduced from fifteen to three times a year, and cases of water-borne diseases such as typhoid and malaria were reduced by almost half.
Environmental problems include desertification ; salination of fresh water; sewage treatment ; water-borne diseases ; soil degradation ; and depletion and contamination of underground water resources.
Environmental problems include desertification ; salination of fresh water; water-borne disease ; soil degradation ; lack of adequate sewage treatment ; and depletion and contamination of underground water resources.
Boiling does not ensure the elimination of all micro-organisms; the bacterial spores Clostridium can survive at convert but are not water-borne or intestine affecting.
Described as a place of unending springtime and a paradise of green plants, Tlalocan was the destination in the afterlife for those who died violently from phenomena associated with water, such as by lightning, drowning, and water-borne diseases.
Clostridium spores can survive this treatment, but as the infection caused by this microbe is not water-borne, this is not a problem.