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ZOOGLOEAL FILM [4 records]

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Record 1 2015-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
DEF

The continuous release of zoogloeal film material from the supporting medium of a biological filter, in the form of humus sludge.

OBS

sloughing: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Libération continue du matériau du film de zooglée du milieu support du filtre biologique sous la forme de boue humique.

OBS

envasement : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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

Liberación continua de material de la película de zooglea, del medio soporte de un filtro biológico, en forma de lodo húmico.

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Record 2 1996-05-17

English

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

A mucilaginous layer containing bacteria, protozoa and fungi, which covers the wetted surfaces of the medium in a mature biological filter, a slow sand filter, or the internal surface of the pipes in a sewer.

OBS

zoogloeal film : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Couche mucilagineuse, contenant des bactéries, des protozoaires, des champignons, qui couvre les surfaces imbibées d'un support dans un filtre biologique mature, dans un filtre de sable à filtration lente ou les parois internes des canalisations d'un égout.

OBS

film de zooglée : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

A small gray fly prevalent around trickling filters. Their larvae live in the zoogloeal film on the filter stones and may serve some useful purpose, but they are primarily a nuisance.

CONT

Moth flies occur near drains and sewers, often in considerable numbers: larve live in places where there are decaying materials ... Moth flies are common and widely distributed and do not bite ...

OBS

Both moth and sand flies comprise the Family Psychodidae.

Key term(s)
  • Psychodidae
  • drainage fly
  • drain fly
  • sewage fly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Petite mouche grise qui pullule autour des lits bactériens. La larve, vivant dans la pellicule zoogléale, peut être utilisée mais constitue surtout une nuisance.

CONT

Les Psychodes (Psychodinae) vivent près des drains et des égouts, souvent en grands nombres; communes, bien répandues, elles ne piquent pas; les larves habitent dans les matières en décomposition.

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-02-21

English

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

Organisms such as worms, insect larvae and other invertebrate animals which remove the zoogloeal film on the surfaces of the medium in a biological filter, either by feeding activity or by dislodgement.

OBS

scouring organisms: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Organismes tels que des vers, des larves d'insectes et autres animaux invertébrés qui éliminent le film de zooglée disposé à la surface du filtre biologique, en s'en nourrissant ou en le dissociant.

OBS

organismes de curage : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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