1.2.1.1 Air Capacity

Definition: The ability water resources to maintain the ecosystem in its natural, original, or current state. This includes the capacity of the water to provide Oxygen and water to the biota and carry off Carbon Dioxide from the biota in the ecosystem. This includes both man-made and naturally occurring substances found in air that interact with water and soil, each other, and biota to produce adverse or undesirable affects. This does not include waste products managed by man, which fall under Man-made Capital.

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Air Capacity Categories:

1.2.1.1.1 Carbon Monoxide in Air: A very poisonous gas formed when carbon burns incompletely, as in the exhaust of automobile engines. (Definition Source: Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary)

1.2.1.1.2 Nitrous Oxides in Air: Those compounds in the atmosphere formed by a combination of nitrogen and oxygen (NOx). (Definition Source: None)

1.2.1.1.3 Other Toxics in Air: Substances in the atmosphere that can kill or harm the health of living animals and/or plants. This includes the over 600 chemicals in the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory. (Definition Source: None)

1.2.1.1.4 Ozone: A form of oxygen (O3) that results from photo-chemical reactions in the atmosphere. (Definition Source: None)

1.2.1.1.5 Particulates in Air: Small particles of matter emitted into the atmosphere, such as dust, pollen and solid combustion products. (Definition Source: None)

1.2.1.1.6 Radioactives in Air: All substances in the atmosphere that emit radiation. This includes both man-made substances such as waste from nuclear power plants and hospitals, as well as naturally occurring radioactive substances such as Radon. (Definition Source: None)

1.2.1.1.7 Sulphur Oxides in Air: Those compounds in the atmosphere formed by a combination of sulphur and oxygen (SOX). (Definition Source: None)

1.2.1.1.8 Volatile Organic Compounds in Air: Easily evaporated compounds of or formed from living things. Typically these compounds originate from petroleum, coal tar, solvents, fuel and the manufacture of plastics. (Definition Source: None)