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activated sludge
Sewage mixed with bacteria and protozoa that thrive and multiply in it and lead to its oxidation (see biological oxygen demand).
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autotroph
An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy. Green plants, algae, and certain bacteria are autotrophs.
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dpd method
An analytical method for determining chlorine residual utilizing the reagent DPD (n-diethyl-e-phenylenediamine). This is the most commonly and officially recognized test for free chlorine residual.
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heterotroph
An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
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inductive conductivity measurement
Using a coil to induce a current in the secondary coil. Since both coils have no direct contact to the media this method is sometimes called non-contacting conductivity or - due to the "dough [..]
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ndir detector
a Non-dispersive Infrared Detector.
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orp
Reduction potential (also known as redox potential, oxidation / reduction potential, ORP, pE, ε, or E_{h}) is a measure of the tendency of a chemical species to acquire electrons and thereby be reduce [..]
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toc
The TOC (Total Organic Carbon) is one of the most important composite parameters in the assessment of the organic pollution of water. Since it includes all carbon compounds as one mass, it is exactly [..]
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tnb
Total Bonded Nitrogen
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