Tertiary treatment: An enhancement of normal sewage treatment operations to provide water of potable quality using further chemical and physical treatment; the highest drinking water standard achieved in the U.S.
Tertiary treatment: Removal from wastewater of traces or organic chemicals and dissolved solids that remain after primary treatment and secondary treatment.
Tertiary Treatment: Advanced cleaning of wastewater that goes beyond the secondary or biological stage, removing nutrients such as phosphorus, nitrogen, and most BOD and suspended solids.
Tertiary Treatment
Additional treatment processes used to clean wastewater even further following primary and secondary treatment. Also known as advanced treatment.
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tertiary treatment Advanced waste treatment, usually including chemical clarification and filtration.
TERTIARY TREATMENT: Treatment of wastewater to a level beyond Secondary Treatment but below Potable.
Tertiary treatment. The treatment of wastewater beyond the secondary or biological stage. Normally implies the removal of nutrients, such as phosphorous and nitrogen, and a high percentage of suspended solids.
tertiary treatment
process utilized to remove practically all solids and organic matter from wastewater. Granular activated carbon filtration is a tertiary treatment process.
tertiary treatment
Translations of "advanced wastewater treatment":
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tertiary treatment An advanced stage of wastewater treatment designed to remove nutrients or other constituents remaining after secondary treatment.
A level of wastewater treatment more stringent than secondary treatment; requires an 85-percent reduction in conventional pollutant concentration or a significant reduction in non- conventional pollutants. Sometimes called tertiary treatment.
 See also: Waste, Environment, Wastewater, Water, Treatment
  
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