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Record 1 2020-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
DEF

A basin in which wastewater containing settleable solids is retained to remove by gravity a part of the suspended matter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Traitement des eaux
DEF

Bassin dans lequel les matières en suspension, dont le poids spécifique est différent de celui de l'eau, sont séparées du liquide par sédimentation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Abastecimiento de agua)
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
  • Tratamiento del agua
DEF

Tanque o depósito en el que el agua o las aguas negras, u otro líquido que contenga sólidos, se retiene durante el tiempo suficiente, y en el que la velocidad del flujo es lo suficientemente baja para que se elimine por gravedad la mayor parte de la materia suspendida.

CONT

Los decantadores pueden ser estáticos o dinámicos según que posean partes mecánicas o no.

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