balneabilidade

English translation: bathing water (standards)

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Portuguese term or phrase:balneabilidade
English translation:bathing water (standards)
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

00:37 Sep 1, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / water pollution
Portuguese term or phrase: balneabilidade
This is taken from a Brazilian Resolution on water pollution and effluent standards, and the word ' balneabilidade" crops up frequently, its obviously linked to the capacity for something to be washed or bathed but cant find any technical equivalent terms in English.
Any help most gratefully received.


Some context follows:

O lançamento de esgotos sanitários por meio de emissários submarinos deve atender aos padrões da classe do corpo receptor, após o limite da zona de mistura e ao padrão de balneabilidade, de acordo com as normas e legislação vigentes
Andrew Hunt
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:42
bathing water (standards)
Explanation:
CETESB - Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo
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BalneabilidadeBalneabilidade - conceitosO que é Balneabilidade ?
Balneabilidade é a qualidade das águas destinadas à recreação de contato primário, sendo este entendido como um contato direto e prolongado com a água (natação, mergulho, esqui-aquático, etc), onde a possibilidade de ingerir quantidades apreciáveis de água é elevada

http://www.cetesb.sp.gov.br/agua/praias/18-balneabilidade

Praias europeias com bom padrão de balneabilidade passaram de ...
axelgrael.blogspot.com/.../indice-de-praias-europeias-...‎
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May 21, 2013 - Praias europeias com bom padrão de balneabilidade passaram de 70% ... Bathing water in Europe needs to comply with standards set in the ...

http://axelgrael.blogspot.com/2013/05/indice-de-praias-europ...


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Cheers Andrew! Have a Great Weekend!

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Note added at 7 dias (2013-09-08 01:06:29 GMT) Post-grading
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Andrew

You're so welcome! It's my pleasure!
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 16:42
Grading comment
Well done Marlene I knew u would be there for me!
Sometimes we confuse ourselves, we fail to think of the obvious and look for some contorted scientific term, when it not needed - thank you all
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2bathing water (standards)
Marlene Curtis
3bathing water quality standards
Beatriz Souza


  

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2 days 14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bathing water quality standards


Explanation:


Beachgoers are being warned to think again before taking a plunge - after tests revealed high levels of raw sewage are spilling into the sea.
Some of Brtain's most popular beaches, including Weston-Super-Mare, Exmouth and Blackpool, recorded the worst bathing water quality standards for more than a decade, according to a list obtained by The Sunday Times.
All of the 26 beaches in England and Wales failed to meet even the most basic standards this summer.
(...)
REVEALED: BRITAIN'S DIRTIEST BEACHES
(...)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2207375/Pollution-le...

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Beatriz Souza
Brazil
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bathing water (standards)


Explanation:
CETESB - Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo
Submit
BalneabilidadeBalneabilidade - conceitosO que é Balneabilidade ?
Balneabilidade é a qualidade das águas destinadas à recreação de contato primário, sendo este entendido como um contato direto e prolongado com a água (natação, mergulho, esqui-aquático, etc), onde a possibilidade de ingerir quantidades apreciáveis de água é elevada

http://www.cetesb.sp.gov.br/agua/praias/18-balneabilidade

Praias europeias com bom padrão de balneabilidade passaram de ...
axelgrael.blogspot.com/.../indice-de-praias-europeias-...‎
Translate this page
May 21, 2013 - Praias europeias com bom padrão de balneabilidade passaram de 70% ... Bathing water in Europe needs to comply with standards set in the ...

http://axelgrael.blogspot.com/2013/05/indice-de-praias-europ...


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Note added at 5 dias (2013-09-06 12:21:14 GMT) Post-grading
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Cheers Andrew! Have a Great Weekend!

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Note added at 7 dias (2013-09-08 01:06:29 GMT) Post-grading
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Andrew

You're so welcome! It's my pleasure!

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 16:42
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 80
Grading comment
Well done Marlene I knew u would be there for me!
Sometimes we confuse ourselves, we fail to think of the obvious and look for some contorted scientific term, when it not needed - thank you all

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jefferson D Boyles, ELS: yes - "bathing water quality" in most studies . . . unfortunately, this term has often been incorrectly translated as "balneability", a word that doesn't exist.
11 hrs
  -> Thank you Jefferson!

agree  Paulinho Fonseca
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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