Thermal Energy Load

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027939",
  "term": "Thermal Energy Load",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Amount of matter or thermal energy that is introduced into a receiving water; to introduce matter or thermal energy into a receiving water. Loading may be either man-caused (pollutant loading) or natural (natural background loading).\n\n2. Amount of a type of pollution that the Bay and its tributaries receive.\n\n3. The total amount of pollutants entering a waterbody from one or multiple sources, measured as a rate, as in weight per unit time or per unit area.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 130.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "Chesapeake Bay Program Glossary",
    "DWMAPS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/thermal-energy-load/"
}