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aeration tank


A tank that is used to inject air into water.
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candle filter


A relatively coarse aperture filter, designed to retain a coat of filter medium on an extended surface.
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carbon accounting


This is the general term used to describe the accounting undertaken to measure the amount of greenhouse gas emissions (measured in carbon dioxide equivalent units) emitted or avoided being released into the atmosphere by a company’s activities.
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coarse screen


A screen used for removing gross solids from domestic or industrial wastewater, with spaces between the bars at least 50mm wide.
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settleable solids


Those suspended solids in wastewater that will settle over a certain period of time and are removed in that way.
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sludge


A semi-solid residue, containing microoroganisms and their products, from any water treatment process.
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back siphonage


Reverse seepage of water in a distribution system.
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commercial water use


Water used for hotels, restaurants, office buildings and other commercial facilities.
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lagoon


A shallow pond where sunlight, bacterial action, and oxygen work to purify wastewater.
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leaching


The process by which soluble materials in the soil, such as salts, nutrients, pesticide chemicals or contaminants, are washed into a lower layer of soil or are dissolved and carried away by water.
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