wastewater treatment

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Definition von wastewater treatment im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Any of the mechanical or chemical processes used to modify the quality of wastewater in order to make it more compatible or acceptable to humans and the environment; Chemical, biological, and mechanical procedures applied to an industrial or municipal discharge or to any other sources of contaminated water to remove, reduce, or neutralize contaminants; Inactivation of disease-causing organisms and decomposition of constituents of the wastewater so that it will not cause harm in the receiving water; The process of removing pollutants from water that has been used There are different stages of treatment Primary sewage treatment involves screening the water to remove the largest solids from wastewater and then letting the water sit in settling tanks so that the smaller solids and particles sink to the bottom Secondary treatment involves another stage in which microbes added to the wastewater to eat the biological pollutants, or the wastewater is put through another filter Then the treated water is disinfected and released back into nature The more steps included in the treatment, the more expensive the process; The processing of wastewater for the removal or reduction of contained solids or other undesirable constituents; Any of the mechanical or chemical processes used to modify the quality of waste water in order to make it more compatible or acceptable to man and his environment