| English | Spanish |
| accident source | fuente de accidentes |
| accident source The cause or origin of an unexpected occurrence, failure or loss with the potential for harming human life, property or the environment | fuente de accidentes |
| alternative, environmentally friendly energy source | fuente de energía alternativa y no nociva para el medio ambiente |
| anthropogenic source | fuente antropogénica |
| area emission source | fuente difusa |
| area source | fuente difusa |
| diffuse pollution source | fuente de contaminación difusa |
| diffuse pollution source | fuente difusa de contaminación |
| diffuse source | fuente difusa |
| diffuse source | fuentes difusas |
| diffuse source Pollution which arises from various activities with no discrete source | fuente difusa |
| disused source | fuente en desuso |
| emission source | fuente de emisión |
| emission source A chemical process, building, furnace, plant or other entity responsible for the discharge of pollutants or contaminants into the environment | fuentes de emisión |
| emission source | fuente |
| emitting source | fuente de emisión |
| emitting source | fuente |
| energy source Potential supplies of energy including fossil and nuclear fuels as well as solar, water, wind, tidal and geothermal power | fuente energética |
| energy source material | material de origen energético |
| energy source material Sources from which energy can be obtained to provide heat, light, and power. Energy resources, including fossil and nuclear fuels as well as solar, water, tidal and geothermal energy, may be captured or recovered and converted into other energy forms for a variety of household, commercial, transportation, and industrial applications | material de origen energético |
| impact source | fuentes de impacto |
| impact source Elements of an action which cause damage to the surrounding environment | fuentes de impacto |
| information source Generally, any resource initiating and substantiating the reception of knowledge or specifically, the origin of a data transmission | fuentes de información |
| initial dispersion of a point source does not follow Taylor's equation | la dispersión inicial de una fuente puntiforme no sigue la ecuación de Taylor |
| interfering source | fuente de interferencias |
| land-based source | fuente terrestre |
| line source | fuentes alineadas |
| line source Line source means a one-dimensional source. An example of a line source is the particular emissions from a dirt road | fuentes alineadas |
| linear source of sound | fuente linear de sonido |
| linear source of sound Point noise sources placed one after the other one as, for instance, in a row of cars moving on a road | fuente linear de sonido |
| local emission source | fuente de emisión local |
| local pollution source | fuente de emisión local |
| low-carbon energy source | fuente de energía de baja emisión de carbono |
| mobile source | fuente móvil |
| noise source | fuente de ruido |
| non-point source | fuente difusa |
| non-point source | fuente no puntual |
| nonpoint source | fuente difusa |
| non-polluting energy source Energy that is ecologically safe and renewable. The most widely used source is hydroelectric power, which currently supplies some 6.6% of the world's energy needs. Other non-polluting sources are solar energy, tidal energy, wave energy and wind energy. Most non-polluting energy sources require a high capital investment but have low running costs | fuentes de energía no contaminantes |
| offshore source | fuente marítima |
| orphan radiation source | fuente radiactiva huérfana |
| orphan radiation source | fuente huérfana |
| orphan source | fuente radiactiva huérfana |
| orphan source | fuente huérfana |
| plane source | fuente de avión |
| plane source Pollution which arises from various activities with no discrete source | fuente de avión |
| point source | fuente localizada |
| point source | fuente puntual |
| point source | punto de emisión |
| point source | fuentes puntuales |
| point source Pollution from a discrete source, such as a septic tank, a sewer, a discharge type, a landfill, a factory or waste water treatment works discharging to a watercourse; stack emission from an industrial process; or spillage from an underground storage tank leaching into groundwater | fuentes puntuales |
| point source pollution | contaminación puntual |
| pollutant source identification | identificación de fuentes contaminantes |
| pollution source | fuentes de contaminación |
| pollution source | fuente de contaminación |
| pollution source | foco contaminador |
| rectification at source | corrección en la fuente |
| rectification at source principle | principio de corrección de los atentados al medio ambiente, preferentemente en la fuente misma |
| renewable energy source Energy sources that do not rely on fuels of which there are only finite stocks. The most widely used renewable source is hydroelectric power; other renewable sources are biomass energy, solar energy, tidal energy, wave energy, and wind energy; biomass energy does not avoid the danger of the greenhouse effect | fuente energética renovable |
| risk source ratio | coeficiente de riesgo |
| separation at source | separación en origen |
| separation at source Segregating various wastes at the point of generation (e.g. separation of paper, metal and glass from other wastes) to make recycling simpler and more efficient | separación en origen |
| ship-source pollution | contaminación procedente de buques |
| ship-source pollution | contaminación por los buques |
| single source | fuente de emisión puntual |
| sorting at source | separación en origen |
| sorting at source The classification and separation of solid waste, according to type, at the location where it is generated | separación en origen |
| source category | categoría de fuentes |
| source inventory | inventario de las emisiones |
| source of emission | fuente de emisión |
| source of emission | fuente |
| source of pollution | fuentes de contaminación |
| source of pollution The place, places or areas from where a pollutant is released into the atmosphere or water, or where noise is generated. A source can be classified as point source, i.e. a large individual generator of pollution, an area source, or a line source, e.g. vehicle emissions and noise | fuentes de contaminación |
| surface source | fuente difusa |
| the principle that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source | principio de corrección de los atentados al medio ambiente, preferentemente en la fuente misma |
| transportation source | fuente móvil |
| use of waste as energy source | uso a efectos energéticos |
| waste collection at source | colección de residuos en la fuente |
| waste collection at source The gathering and transporting of refuse from its place of origin, system where waste is collected by the waste producer at the production place | colección de residuos en la fuente |
