Concept information

industrial process > processing > secondary treatment

Preferred term

secondary treatment  

Definition

  • Stage of the process of waste water treatment: following primary treatment by sedimentation, the second step in most wastewater systems in which biological organisms decompose most of the organic matter into a innocuous, stable form.

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/12608

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