Yield

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030672",
  "term": "Yield",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The quantity of water (expressed as a rate of flow- GPM, GPH, GPD, or total quantity per year) that can be collected for a given use from surface or groundwater sources. The yield may vary with the use proposed, with the plan of development, and also with economic considerations.\n\n2. The quantity of water (expressed as a rate of flow or total quantity per year) that can be collected for a given use from surface or groundwater sources.\n\n3. Maximum amount of human food chain organisms that could be caught by commercial, recreational, and subsistence fishermen from a given water body. Yield is expressed as weight of human food chain organisms present per unit area (or volume) per unit time. Yield data are not equivalent to production estimates and cannot be used for HRS purposes.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Hazard Ranking System Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/yield/"
}