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TERTIARY SEWAGE TREATMENT [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-29

English

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

... any additional processing of secondary treatment effluents undertaken to further improve their quality. Tertiary treatment may be used to further reduce almost any undesirable constituent of wastes: suspended solids, BOD, nitrogen, phosphorus, toxic substances, or bacteria.

CONT

for "complete treatment": Sewage treatment. ... These processes may be classified as preliminary, primary, secondary, or complete, depending on the degree of treatment accomplished ... Complete treatment removes a high percentage of suspended, colloidal, and organic matter.

OBS

tertiary treatment: Term and definition standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • tertiary wastewater treatment

French

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

Traitement d'épuration complémentaire intervenant après l'épuration biologique [...], et destiné à abaisser plus particulièrement la DBO résiduelle, ou la teneur en facteurs d'eutrophisation, ou encore la teneur en micro-polluants

DEF

Application de procédés de traitement supplémentaires pour réduire davantage les effets de la pollution par des eaux usées ayant subi des traitements primaires et secondaires. Ce traitement supplémentaire peut être 1) un traitement physique supplémentaire, ou 2) un traitement chimique, ou 3) un traitement biologique supplémentaire.

OBS

traitement tertiaire : Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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

Tratamiento de depuración adicional para reducir la cantidad de nitrógeno y otros elementos del efluente epurado.

CONT

Las operaciones unitarias más utilizadas en el tratamiento terciario son: la adsorción, el cambio iónico y procesos de separación por membranas tales como la ultrafiltración, la osmosis inversa y la electrodiálisis.

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Record 2 2015-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
DEF

Treatment of sewage by biological processes, such as biological filtration and settlement, or activated sludge, as distinct from preliminary treatment(grit separation, comminution, etc.), primary treatment(primary sedimentation) and tertiary treatment(effluent polishing by sand filtration, micro-straining, etc.).

OBS

secondary treatment: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Traitement d'eau usée par des processus biologiques tels que la filtration biologique et la décantation, ou les boues activées, distinct du traitement préliminaire (désensablage, dilacération, etc.) du traitement primaire (sédimentation primaire) et du traitement tertiaire (polissage des effluents par filtration sur sable, microfiltration, etc.).

OBS

traitement secondaire : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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

Tratamiento de las aguas negras, por métodos biológicos, después del tratamiento primario por sedimentación.

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Record 3 2011-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Sewers and Drainage
DEF

A facility for treating wastes disposed of through drains and sewers.

CONT

Depending on its sophistication, a sewage treatment plant may provide as many levels of treatment. Primary treatment involves the settling and removal of solids only. Secondary treatment involves aerating the wastes to encourage the growth of micro-organisms that convert organic matter into carbon dioxide and sludge. Tertiary treatment removes certain dissolved chemicals as well as additional solids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Égouts et drainage
CONT

L'usine d'épuration des eaux d'égout urbaines et industrielles utilise l'action biologique des boues activées dans deux lignes de traitement distinctes : l'une pour le traitement des eaux d'égout, l'autre pour le traitement de la boue elle-même.

Key term(s)
  • usine de traitement de l'eau d'égout
  • usine d'épuration de l'eau d'égout

Spanish

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