Glossary of Terms

Safe Water Drinking Act (SDWA)
Salmonella Spp.
Salt Spray Fog
Sample
Sample Division
Sample Holding Time
Sample Interval
Sample Line
Sample Mean (or Sample Average)
Sample Preparation
Sample Reduction
Sample Size
Sampler
Sampling
Sampling Bag
Sampling Station
Sampling Volume
Sanitary Landfill
Sanitary Wastewater
Scale
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Screening Tests
Seal
Sealant
Semivolatile Organic Compounds
Sewage
Shear Strength
Shelf-Life Studies
Shigella Spp.
Shore (hardness testing)
Slime Forming Bacteria
Solid Waste
Solvents
Special Waste
Specific Gravity
Specimen
Split Sample
Stain Resistance
Stamping
Standard Sample
Standards
Staphylococcus
Stormwater
Strain
Streptococci
Stress Corrosion Cracking
Stress Relief
Stress Rupture Test
Subzero (or Cryogenic) Testing
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria
Sulfur Bacteria
Surface Chemistry
Surface Finish

| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
| N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |