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INDUSTRIAL PROCESS WASTE STREAM [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
DEF

The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.

OBS

... the increase in specific consumption per head in the industrialised countries and the need to prevent industrial waste matter from accumulating in the oceans which belong to the whole of mankind are alone sufficient to demand immediate action intended to stop pollution by industrial effluents.

Key term(s)
  • industrial waste solid
  • industrial wastewaters

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Déchets liquides provenant des établissements industriels.

OBS

[...] le seul accroissement de la consommation spécifique par habitant dans les pays industrialisés et le souci de ne pas accumuler des déchets dans les mers réceptrices communes à tous, imposent une politique d'endiguement rapide de la pollution par les effluents industriels.

OBS

eau résiduaire industrielle : [...] quand il s'agit d'une eau de rivière, les variations physiques et chimiques de cette eau sont considérables selon les saisons et le bassin géologique traversé et aussi, de plus en plus, selon l'influence des déversements d'eaux résiduaires industrielles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento del agua
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
DEF

Agua utilizada en procesos industriales, no apta para el consumo humano o animal.

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